After being destroyed by fire during the Onin War, Sam-mon gate and the butsu-den (Buddha hall) were not rebuilt, with the Hatto (lecture hall) serving as the butsu-den (hall in which the object of worship is enshrined).
応仁の乱による焼失後、三門と仏殿は再建されることなく、近世以降は法堂（はっとう）が仏殿（本尊を安置する堂）を兼ねている。