From the Kamakura period, Osaka no seki held a strategically important position to the east of Kyoto, and starting in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), it was managed by Enjo-ji Temple, which began charging a toll.
逢坂関は鎌倉時代以降も京都の東の要衝として機能し、南北朝時代_(日本)以降には園城寺が支配して関銭が徴収されるようになった。