It had been repeatedly rebuilt following fires from the middle of the Heian period, and activities in the Daigokuden gradually decreased as the Imperial Court's main ceremonies took place more frequently in the Shishinden of the Dairi (the building in the Dairi, the living area of the Emperor).
平安時代中後期から焼亡と再建を繰り返し、朝廷の儀式の中心が内裏の紫宸殿へ移行していくのに従い衰微していった。