However, since a goeido (daishido), which is dedicated to a Kaiki (patron of a temple in its founding), was valued as much as the main hall (Amida hall), which is dedicated to Amitabha Tathagata for the temples of the True Pure Land sect in early-modern times, the basic style was to build them both so that they faced the east.
しかし、近世の浄土真宗寺院では、開基を祀る御影堂（ごえいどう、大師堂）が阿弥陀如来を祀る本堂（阿弥陀堂）と並んで重視されるため、両者が左右に並んで東面して建つ形を基本としている。