The Daisho-ji Temple began when Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA gave Okamatsu dono in Hana no gosho Palace to his lawful wife's aunt (Nobuko HINO, later called Ippon OKAMATSU (岡松一品)) as her residence.
大聖寺は足利義満が、正室の叔母（日野宣子、のちに岡松一品と称される）に花の御所内の岡松殿を与えて住まわせたことに始まるとされる。