In the late Muromachi period, the town evolved into a jinai-cho (a town within the precincts of a temple) around Shonen-ji Temple (Kashihara City) of Jodo Shinshu sect (the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism), and six districts of East, West, South, North, Shinmachi, and Imamachi were established within the town.
室町時代後期に、浄土真宗称念寺(橿原市)を中心とする寺内町となり、東西南北の他、新町・今町の6町が成立した。