When Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA constructed Kitayama-dono Palace (which later became Rokuon-ji Temple (also known as Kinkaku-ji Temple)) in 1397, it became inconvenient for visitors to access the shrines so both shrines were relocated to their current sites. |
応永4年(1397年)、足利義満が北山殿(後の鹿苑寺(金閣寺))を造営するに当たり、参拝に不便になったことから、両社を合祀して現在地に遷座した。 |