From the 16th century, it was a temple of the Shingi Shingon sect, which was begun by Kogyo Daishi Kakuban and completed by Raiyu, a priest with the highest rank of 'sojo'
16世紀以降は興教大師覚鑁（かくばん）によって興され頼瑜僧正により成道した新義真言宗の流れをくむ寺院となっている。