After the construction of Toba-dono Palace, it was regarded as a road from Heian-kyo capital to Toba, and was referred to as 'Toba no Nishioji' (West Avenue to Toba) (in this period, the west part of the capital was already in ruins and the Suzaku-oji Street had become the road in the west side of the Kyoto town area).
鳥羽殿造営後は平安京から鳥羽への街道として「鳥羽の西大路」（この時代に平安京の右京は荒廃して朱雀大路は京都市街の西側の道となっていた）と呼ばれた。