As typically seen in Hoo-do of Byodo-in Temple, in gardens of this style, a pond is placed in front of a temple building, such as a kondo (main temple hall) or a hall housing Buddhist statues, to reproduce the world of Gokuraku-jodo (a Pure Land of paradise), because these gardens were made influenced largely by the Jodo (Pure Land) concept of Buddhism.
この方式の庭園は、仏教の浄土思想の影響を大きく受けたものであり、平等院鳳凰堂に代表されるように、極楽浄土の世界を再現しようとしたため金堂や仏堂をはじめとした寺院建築物の前に園池が広がる形をとっている。