Since 1862, the end of the Edo period, the Kyoto residence of the Satsuma domain was located at this place (this place was called Shokoku-ji Temple Nihonmatsu at the time).
幕末の1862年以降この地（当時は相国寺二本松と呼ばれた）には薩摩藩京都藩邸が置かれていた。