In the Edo period, the grand temples of the Tendai sect in Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region), Rinno-ji Temple on Mt. Nikko in Nikko and Kanei-ji Temple on Mt. Toei (Tenkai was the founder and the first chief priest) in Ueno were built by the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
江戸時代になると、江戸幕府によって東国の天台宗の大寺院として日光の日光山輪王寺と上野の東叡山寛永寺（開山は天海）が建立されていた。