It is said that this place, like Manshuin Temple, was one of the small bo on Mt. Hiei, and was a site of Getsurin-ji Temple, where Kangakue (an association for prayers) was started by YOSHISHIGE no Yasutane and others, but later disbanded.
この地は曼殊院と同じく比叡山の小坊の1つで慶滋保胤らによって勧学会が開かれたものの後に廃絶した月林寺の跡地であったと言われている。