The Yasego and the Enryaku-ji Temple often had disputes over the border between the temple estate and the village zone; however, after Monk Imperial Prince Koben became Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect), he urged the bakufu to acknowledge the abolition of the Yasego's common rights with his political power.
延暦寺と八瀬郷は寺領と村地の境界をめぐってしばしば争ったが、公弁法親王が天台座主に就任すると、その政治力を背景に幕府に八瀬郷の入会権の廃止を認めさせた。