However, Sanbo-in Temple was destroyed by fire during the Onin War and fell out of use but during the Azuchi–Momoyama period, Gien, the head of Daigo-ji Temple's Kongorin-ji sub temple who was greatly trusted by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, established the 'Daigo no Hanami' (Daigo Flower Viewing) around the Kongorin-ji sub-temple.
ところが、応仁の乱で三宝院が焼失してしまい、廃寺同然となるが、安土桃山時代に醍醐寺金剛輪院の院主であった義演が豊臣秀吉の信頼が厚く、金剛輪院を中心に有名な「醍醐の花見」が開かれた。