Above all, Motsu-ji Temple known for its big-scale Buddhist temple built by FUJIWARA no Motohira, the second generation of the Oshu-Fujiwara clan during the period from 1150 to 1156, was maintained by Motohira and his wife, and FUJIWARA no Hidehira; it boasted gorgeous temples, pagodas and so on and its scale was bigger than the Chuson-ji Temple at that time.
なかでも、奥州藤原氏2代の藤原基衡が久安6年（1150年）から久寿3年（1156年）にかけて大規模な伽藍を建立したことで知られる毛越寺は、基衡夫妻および藤原秀衡によって整備され、壮麗な堂塔禅坊を誇り、往時の規模は中尊寺を上まわるほどであった。