It is one of the few building within the Temple which survived both the fires caused by TAIRA no Shigehira (1180) and the Battle of Miyoshi and Nagamatsu (1567).
平重衡の兵火（1180年）、三好・松永の戦い（1567年）の2回の大火にも焼け残った寺内で数少ない建物の1つ。