As the term 'kogyo' meant to restore something declined and became extinct to its original state, various kogyoho were promulgated after the late Heian period when temples had been further declined for various reasons.
衰退して廃れた事柄を本来の形に再興することを「興行」と称したが、諸事情から寺社の衰微が進んだ平安時代後期以後各種の興行法が出された。