However, when the Kemmu Restoration ended and the Ashikaga clan gained control of the nation, temples that held a deep relationship with Emperor Go-Daigo were looked down upon by the Ashikaga clan and this led to Daitoku-ji Temple being excluded from the Gozan-Jissetsu.
しかし、建武の新政が終わって足利氏が天下を取ると、後醍醐天皇と関係の深い大徳寺は足利氏から軽んぜられ、五山十刹から除かれてしまった。