Hojuji-dono Palace was set ablaze by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka, the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa passed away several years later and Hoju-ji Temple continued to serve as his mausoleum until the end of the Edo period when the tomb and temple were separated in the Meiji period.
法住寺殿が源義仲によって焼き討ちされ、数年を経て後白河上皇もなくなると、法住寺は後白河上皇の天皇陵をまもる寺として江戸時代末期まで存続、明治時代期に御陵と寺が分離され現在にいたる。