The plaque next to Prince Morinaga's cenotaph (in Japanese) reads: Morinaga Shinnō, son of Emperor Go-Daigo Father of this temple’s fifth abbott Nichiei  He fought actively for the establishment of the Kenmu restoration and was nominated Seii Taishogun by his father, but was imprisoned in a cave in Kamakura’s Nikaidō. On August 12, 1335 (second year of the Kenmu era, 23rd day of the seventh month), his tormented life was violently ended. He was 28. The tombs of Minami no Ōnkata, Nichiei’s wife, and of Nichiei’s himself are also within this temple.