This sub-temple was founded by Giyo Hoshu in 1390 and gained the reverence of the Higo Hosokawa clan from whom it is believed to have been given the gift of an Iai-seki stone representing Mt. Shumisen and a stone boat between 1624-1644.
明徳元年(1390年)に岐陽方秀が開いた塔頭で、肥後細川氏の信仰をうけ、寛永年間(1624-44)に「遺愛石」と銘をつけた須弥台と石船を寄贈されたという。