In the Sengoku period (period of warring states), it was embraced by the GAMO clan, and in the Edo period embraced by Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) with jiryo (temple estate) and so forth being donated.
戦国時代(日本)には蒲生氏、江戸時代には江戸幕府の帰依を得、寺領などを寄進された。