After the Jokyu War, Emperor Gohorikawa was coronated, and his father unusually granted him the title Emperor Daijo (Abdicated Emperor), and he exerted power from this temple as a cloistered Emperor under the name Gotakakurain.
承久の乱後、後堀河天皇が即位して、父親の守貞親王には太上天皇の尊号がおくられ、後高倉院と称してここで院政を行った。