Uchiyama-Eikyu-ji Temple, at its best times, was a huge monastery consisting of more than 50 buildings including the hondo (main hall), a kanchodo (hall of esoteric consecration), an octagonal tahoto pagoda (multi-treasure pagoda), and a three-story pagoda, and these buildings were placed around a stroll garden in the style of the Jodo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism.
かつては浄土式回遊庭園を中心に、本堂、灌頂堂、八角多宝塔、三重塔など最盛期には50以上の堂塔が並ぶ大伽藍を誇り、江戸時代には971石の朱印地を与えられていた。