In addition to the regulation that was passed after the separation of the gods and Buddha in the early Meiji period, such as the Law for Secularization of Temples, Haibutsu-kishaku (a movement to abolish Buddhism), the Law Banning Shugendo (mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts), while even the existence of Daigo-ji Temple wasn't safe, the Einko schools (or learning groups of Einko) were organized after some monks and ascetics from the temple got together.
明治初年の神仏分離令以後相次いだ「門跡還俗令、廃仏毀釈、修験道禁止令等」に加え、醍醐寺の存続すらも危ぶまれるに至った時代、恵印黌（えいんこう黌学校）、恵印講習会などが一山の僧侶・行者の結束によって開催された。