Manshuin Temple, ever since the Heian period until the end of the early-modern period, had intimate relations with Kitano-jinja Shrine (present day Kitano Tenmangu Shrine), and successive monshu (head priest) of Manshuin Temple also assumed the position of betto (the superior of a temple) of Kitano Shrine.
曼殊院は平安時代以来、近世末期に至るまで北野神社（現・北野天満宮）と関係が深く、歴代の曼殊院門主は北野神社の別当（責任者）を兼ねていた。