Hine (Hineno) sho, where there is Jigen-in Temple, was Shoen (manor in medieval Japan) of the Kujo family who was one of the Gosekke Gosekke (five top Fujiwara families whose members were eligible for the positions of Sessho and Kanpaku).
慈眼院の位置する日根（日根野）荘は、五摂家の1つである九条家の荘園であった。