It was a large villa comprised of three buildings of gosho (Imperial Palace), a garden overlooking the Ogura-ike Pond, and mi-do Hall (enshrinement hall), but it was not completed during the lifetime of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa, and it was completed during the period of his grandson, the Retired Emperor Toba, who inherited the villa.
3棟からなる御所と巨椋池を望む庭園、御堂を取り合わせた大規模なものであったが、白河上皇の生存中には完成出来ず、ここを継承した孫の鳥羽上皇の時代に完成した。