Together with Kishimojin in Iriya, Kishimojin-dō Temple in Zōshigaya attracted many worshipers. It is said that the origin of Kishimojindō was in 1561 (the fourth year of Eiroku), when Yamamura Tan`emon dug out the image of Kishimojin from a well in the neighborhood of present-day Mejirodai, and enshrined it in Tōyōbō (annexed to Hōmyo-ji Temple on a later day).