Ohara is known as the place where individuals who included Imperial Prince Koretaka, Kenreimonin but also brothers of Jakunen, Jakucho and Jakuzen who were called the Ohara no Sanjaku (or Tokiwa no Sanjaku), FUJIWARA no Akinobu, Saigyo and KAMO no Chomei retired from the world.
惟喬親王や建礼門院をはじめ、大原三寂（常盤三寂）と称された寂念・寂超・寂然兄弟、藤原顕信・西行・鴨長明などの隠遁の地として知られている。