This situation continued until the mid-Heian period, but Koyasan began to make a recovery after FUJIWARA no Michinaga climbed it (making a pilgrimage to a shrine on the mountain), and he was later followed by the Imperial Family, the Sekkan-ke (the families which produced regents), and court nobles.
この状態が平安時代中期まで続くが、藤原道長が高野山に登山（山上の寺社に参詣すること）したことにより復興が進み、皇族・摂関家・公家が高野山への登山が続いた。