This place was called 'Zen temple of Shira-kawa River' and was originally a territory of Kurodani, Mt. Hiei; when Eiku entered nirvana, the main temple in Kurodani and the main temple in Shirakawa were given to Honen.
ここは、「白川の禅房」と呼ばれ、もとは比叡山黒谷の所領で、叡空入滅の時、黒谷の本房と白川の本房を法然に与えた。