It is believed to be the old site of Rokujo Kawara-no-in residence, which garden was modeled on the scenery of Shiogama in Oshu and created at the end of ninth century by MINAMOTO no Toru, Emperor Saga's 12th child.
9世紀末に嵯峨天皇の第12子源融が奥州塩釜の風景を模して作庭した六条河原院の故地とされる。