Around this time, it became popular among court ladies at the Imperial Court to visit Ishiyama-dera Temple which was described in "Kagero Nikki" (The Gossamer Years) and "Sarashina Nikki" (The Sarashina Diary).
このころ、石山詣が宮廷の官女の間で盛んとなり、「蜻蛉日記」や「更級日記」にも描写されている。