Later, in 1911, a crown of this statue was newly discovered from dozo (warehouse made of soil) in the temple; since Kebutsu (the Artificial Buddha, a small-sized statue of Buddha) of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Tathagata) was engraved at the front of the crown, the temple had to acknowledge that the statue was 'Kannon Bosatsu' (if there was Kebutsu of Amida Nyorai on the head of a statue of Bosatsu, then it meant that the statue was that of Kannon Bosatsu.)
その後明治44年（1911年）になって、寺内の土蔵から本像の宝冠が新たに発見され、その宝冠の正面に阿弥陀如来の化仏（けぶつ、小型の仏像）が刻まれていることから、寺側でもこの像を「観音菩薩」と認めざるをえなくなった（菩薩像の頭上に阿弥陀如来の化仏があれば、その像は観音菩薩像であることを示している）。