However, after Ryuben, who had been deeply trusted by Tokiyori HOJO, assumed betto (the head priest), Mii-dera Temple was restored and, also was protected from the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) as a return for supporting Ashikaga clan of the Northern Court (Japan) during the successive domestic disturbance in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts.
だが、北条時頼の信頼が厚かった隆弁が別当に就任すると再興され、続く南北朝の内乱でも北朝_(日本)・足利氏を支持したことから、室町幕府の保護を受けた。