Having had 4 fires in the Edo period, so many that it acquired the nickname, "Flaming Hongan-ji Temple", the current buildings, though many burned and were rebuilt in the Meiji period, maintain the style of the time in their construction and the paintings on the walls.
江戸時代に4度の火災に遭っており、その火災の多さから「火出し本願寺」とのあだ名もあるほどで、現存建造物の多くはどんどん焼けの後、明治時代期の再建だが、建築・障壁画等は当時の技術の粋を集める。