By the end of the mediaeval period, roughly 10 major attacks and burnings such as the one in 1081 by devotees of Mt. Hiei to Mii-dera Temple took place, with the number reaching 50 if one counts all minor skirmishes as well.
比叡山宗徒による三井寺の焼き討ちは永保元年（1081年）をはじめ、中世末期までに大規模なものだけで10回、小規模なものまで含めると50回にも上るという。