The Hachijoin-ryo originated in the territory of Imperial Princess Akiko, who had inherited mainly the territory of the Anrakuju-in Temple, a temple built after a Buddhist temple in Higashi-dono Palace (East Palace) of Toba-dono Palace, an imperial palace for retired and cloistered emperors, as well as the Emperor Toba's territory and the Bifukumonin's territory.
院御所鳥羽殿東殿の仏堂の後身の安楽寿院領を中心に鳥羽天皇領と美福門院領を相続したあき子内親王の所領を起源とする。