The hondo (a National Treasure) is a residential style Buddhist temple of the Kamakura Period, built as a prayer hall to worship the sekibutsugan placed within the sheltering hall located behind.
本堂（国宝）－背後の覆堂内に安置された石仏龕を拝むための礼堂として建立された鎌倉時代の住宅風仏堂。