The 8th Shogun Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA emulated the design of the Shariden Hall built by his grandfather Yoshimitsu in the construction of the Kannonden Hall at his Higashiyama sanso villa (what came to be known as Jisho-ji Temple).
8代将軍足利義政は祖父の義満が建てた舎利殿にならい、造営中の東山山荘に観音殿（近世以降慈照寺と通称される）を建てた。