During the latter part of the Kamakura shogunate, the authorities set up a system of grading temples and accordingly, decided the Rinzai sect's five most important temples called 'Gozan.'
鎌倉幕府後期に鎌倉幕府によって臨済宗の主な5つの寺院を選んだ「五山」の寺格ができた。