Since Heian period, Shinhojo-ji Temple was the Gakushuin School Corporation of Nagahama Hachimangu Shrine and served as bettoji (a temple attached to a shrine), but the branch temples, Shana-in Temple, was eliminated due to the Edict of Separation of Shinto and Buddhism in early Meiji period.
新放生寺は平安時代より長浜八幡宮の学習院であり別当寺を務ていたが、明治時代初期の神仏分離令により子院の一つである舎那院以外は廃された。