In 1346, when Seii Taishogun (literally, 'great general who subdues the barbarians') Takauji ASHIKAGA, and the Vice-shogun and his brother, Tadayoshi ASHIKAGA, ordered the construction of Ankoku-ji Temple Risho-to Pagodas all over Japan according to the advice of Muso Soseki (a Buddhist monk), the bakufu ordered the government of Iga Province to oblige Jiho HATTORI and Shinzaemon TSUGE to take charge of the protection of temples' estates and the reporting on the progress of the pagodas' construction.
貞和2年（1346年）征夷大将軍足利尊氏・副将軍足利直義兄弟が夢窓疎石の勧めにより、全国に安国寺利生塔の建立を命じた際には、伊賀国に対し幕府は服部持法と柘植新左衛門に寺領保護と造営成否の注進を命じている。