When it was decided to discontinue temples for Shugendo monasteries (Shugendo is Japanese mountain asceticism/shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts) in the Meiji period, Daigo-ji Temple founded a section called Ein-bu within it and controlled the Shugendo monasteries; however, in 1919 it discontinued Ein-bu and made them into branch temples.
明治時代に修験寺院の廃止が決定すると、寺院内に恵印部を設けて、修験寺院の統制を行ったが、1919年（大正8年）には恵印部を廃し、修験寺院を末寺とすることになった。