Swinging door type koshido became more common for the front side in temple architecture; further, according to "Tonomine Ryakki" (brief sketch of Tonomine), narabido (two temples) style Kodo (lecture hall), which was built in 972, had a 5-ken (about 9 m) width koshido at the front of naijin (inner sanctuary of the hall), and three units of koshido to divide naijin and gejin, or the inner sanctuary and the adjacent area.
寺院建築の正面には扉形式の格子戸が多用されるようになり、さらに『多武峰略記』によると、天禄三年に建立された双堂形式の講堂の内陣の正面に格子戸五間を建て込み、内陣と外陣の間仕切りに格子戸三具を建て込んでいた。