According to "Daianji Garan Engi narabini Ruki Shizai Cho" (The History of Daian-ji Temple and the Record of the Estates, held at the National Museum of Japanese History) in 747, the predecessor of Daian-ji Temple, one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, was Kumagori Shoja Temple erected in Nukatabe's land by Prince Shotoku, which became Daian-ji Temple in Heijo-kyo after repeated relocations and renamings.
天平19年（747年）の『大安寺伽藍縁起並流記資財帳』（だいあんじがらんえんぎならびにるきしざいちょう、国立歴史民俗博物館蔵）によれば、南都七大寺の1つである大安寺の前身は、聖徳太子が額田部の地に建立した熊凝精舎であって、これが後に移転と改称を繰り返した後、平城京の大安寺となったという。