At the beginning of the Muromachi period, the Zen sect, such as Nanzen-ji Temple, and the old Buddhist groups, such as Enryaku-ji Temple, often clashed, causing political problems for the new shogunate.
室町時代の初期には南禅寺などの禅宗と旧仏教勢力の延暦寺などの天台宗は対立し、初期の幕府において政治問題にもなる。