In 1443, when the former Southern Dynasty's Hino clan, among others with the aim of restoring the Southern Dynasty, sparked the Kinketsu Coup by stealing part of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan from the Imperial palace in Kyoto, the conspirators held up in Konpon Chudo and were besieged by the Shogunate army and warrior monks after the imperial order was given to track them down and kill them.
1443年（嘉吉3年）年に南朝(日本)復興を目指す後南朝の日野氏などが京都の御所から三種の神器の一部を奪う禁闕の変が起こると、一味は根本中堂に立て篭もり、朝廷から追討令がでた事により幕軍や山徒により討たれる。