The Nyoin, (a respective title for woman in the Imperial Palace) Shoshi spent her later years in this temple, she was buried and still now her soul sleeps in Hanazono no Nishi no Misasagi (the West Hanazono Mausoleum), which is located half way up the Mt. Goi, north of the Hokongo-in Temple.
女院はここで晩年を過ごし、今も、法金剛院の北、五位山中腹の花園西陵に眠る。