Since the temple invited Zoga, who was a priest of Tendai sect, in the Heian period, it was never free from disputes with Kofuku-ji Temple, which were common in connection with the Fujiwara clan of Yamato-no-kuni but different in the sect.
平安時代に天台僧・増賀を迎えたことから、同じ大和国の藤原氏縁の寺院でありながら、宗派の違う興福寺とは争いが絶えなかった。