During the latter part of Muromachi period the Uesugi clan donated an estate of 300-koku and served to protect the temple, and during the early modern period the temple was deeply revered by Yoshiaki MURAKAMI, the lord of the Murakami-jo Castle (in Murakami City).
室町時代後期には、上杉氏が寺領300石を寄進し保護の手を加え、近世初期には、村上城（村上市）主村上義明の帰依が厚かった。