Initially, the residence of Ise-Heishi (Taira clan) was built there, and then Rokuhara Tandai (an administrative and judicial agency in Rokuhara, Kyoto) used the place after Ise-Heishi was ruined.
はじめ伊勢平氏の居館として築かれ、伊勢平氏が滅亡した後には六波羅探題が入居した。