In 1602 when the Hongan-ji Temple split into east and west, Kyonyo, the twelfth head priest of the Higashi Hongan-ji Temple had the tentative grave of Shinran and successive heads of Hongan-ji Temple built.
1602年（慶長7年）　本願寺の東西分立に際して、東本願寺第12代教如が東本願寺境内に親鸞及び本願寺歴代の仮墓を建立。