During that time, it was burned because of the attack on Nara by the Taira family in 1180 and a peasants' uprising in 1451, but two able Inju, Kyogaku and Jinson appeared successively during the Muromachi period, who had trade guilds throughout Nara in control to flourish to a great extent.
その間、治承4年（1180年）の平家による奈良攻撃、宝徳3年（1451年）の土一揆によって焼失したが、室町時代には経覚・尋尊という2人の実力のある院主が相次いで登場して奈良一帯の座を次々と支配下に収めて大いに栄えた。