At this time, an assassin who was after Kakuban's life determined Kakuban was hiding behind the Fudo Myoo zo (statue of Fudo Myoo [Acala, one of the Five Wisdom Kings]), the principal image of Mitsugonin temple, and slashed it, and blood streamed from the statue.
この際、覚鑁の命を狙った刺客が、密厳院本尊の不動明王像の背後に覚鑁が潜んでいると判断し同像を切りつけたところ、像から血が流れた。