During the latter stage of the Sengoku Period, the site became the villa of the former chief advisor to the Emperor, Sakihisa KONOE, but this was due to the fact that many of the successive chief priests of Jisho-ji Temple were of the Konoe family.
戦国時代(日本)末期には前関白近衛前久の別荘にもなったが、これは慈照寺の歴代住持に近衛家出身者が多かったことによる。