In 1005, Michinaga moved to Higashi Sanjo-dono Residence from Tsuchimikado-dono Residence, but immediately after that, the dairi (the imperial residence in the palace) caught fire, and it became the Emperor Ichijo's satodairi (an emperor's residence other than the one in the palace) who fled from the fire; Because the dairi caught fire again and again, it became the satodairi for the next Emperor Sanjo and the goin (an emperor's residence other than the one in the palace) for the Retired Emperor Reizei, who died there in 1011.
寛弘2年（1005年）に道長は土御門殿から東三条殿に移り住んだが、直後に内裏の火災のために避難してきた一条天皇の里内裏となり、以後も内裏の火災が続き、次の三条天皇の里内裏や冷泉上皇の後院にもなり、寛弘8年（1011年）に冷泉上皇はここで崩御した。