Starting with the blaze of 1319, the structure was repeatedly destroyed by fire but each time was rebuilt with the support of the Kujo family, the Ashikaga family and the Tokugawa family among others.
その後、元応元年（1319年）の火災をはじめたびたび焼失するが、九条家、足利家、徳川家などの援助で再建されてきた。