This church is the only one in Japan for which a historical depiction of the building survives in the form of the painting Miyako no Nanbanji-zu, one of the 61 scenes of central and outer Kyoto painted on fans by artists of the Kano School.
この教会堂は、狩野派筆の扇面洛中洛外図六十一面中「都の南蛮寺図」によって、建物を特定した絵画資料が残る唯一の例である。