[2] Days later, Prince Shōtoku declared that the man was a sage and had a messenger inspect the tomb, which was undisturbed but empty when opened.

[9] The temple was burned down by Matsunaga Hisahide in the 16th century during the Sengoku period, and subsequently rebuilt by the order of Emperor Ōgimachi.

[10] Daruma-ji has a statue memorializing Prince Shōtoku's dog Yukimaru,[11][12] who was said to be able to understand speech and could read Buddhist writings.

[16] The temple has a wooden seated statue of Daruma, made in 1430 and commissioned by Ashikaga Yoshinori, that was designated as an important cultural property in 1909.

[21] A wooden seated statue of Senju Kannon created during the Muromachi period was designated a tangible cultural property in 2005.