During the middle ages, Kaju-ji Temple controlled the present-day Kaju-ji area of Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City in addition to possessing expansive areas of land in other areas, and prospered as a temple that was both central to the Shingon Sect's Ono-ryu sub-school and enjoyed connections to the Imperial family.
中世の勧修寺は現在の京都市山科区勧修寺一帯を領するほか、各地に広大な寺領をもち、真言宗小野流の中心寺院、皇室ゆかりの寺院として最盛期を迎えた。