The temple's former principal image statue of Ksitigarbha seated in the half-lotus position (created during the latter half of the Kamakura period) was known as 'Mibu Jizo' and widely worshipped, but was destroyed by fire along with the main hall by an act of arson committed on July 25, 1962.
当寺旧本尊の地蔵菩薩半跏像（鎌倉時代後期の作）は、「壬生地蔵」と呼ばれ信仰を集めていたが、1962年（昭和37年）7月25日、放火により本堂とともに焼失した。