Its first layer was Amitabha hall built by Shinden-zukuri architecture, the style of the nobility culture, the second layer was built in a style of housing (a popular belief says it is a Buke-zukuri architecture - architecture representative of a samurai's residence), and the third layer was built in the style of a Zen temple building of a Buddhist image in which a bone of Buddha was placed.
一層が公家風の寝殿造で阿弥陀堂、二層が住宅風（俗説では武家造）、三層が禅宗様の仏殿風で仏舎利を置いた。