The area around the gate, however, gradually fell into ruin as the power of the daidairi declined, in the end becoming so run down that oni (demons) and thieves were believed to live in the area.
しかし、大内裏の衰微に従い次第に荒廃し、ついには鬼や盗賊が住むといわれるほどに荒れ果てたという。