However, conflicts with the Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei intensified around the 10th century, and historically, Mii-dera Temple was attacked and burned by devotees of Mt. Hiei several times.
しかし、10世紀頃から比叡山延暦寺との対立抗争が激化し、比叡山の宗徒によって三井寺が焼き討ちされることが史上たびたびあった。