It was the twenty-ninth monshu Imperial Prince Yoshinao (Imperial male who received Imperial proclamation for shinno after becoming a priest) who moved Manshuin Temple to the foot of Mt. Higashi mountain, the present day location, and fixed the view of the temple.
曼殊院を東山山麓の現在地に移し、寺観を整えたのは29世門主の良尚法親王であった（法親王とは皇族男子で出家後に親王宣下を受けた者の称である）。