Although the location and the size of the existing Saikon-do Hall are the same as those of the Nara period, most of the main components of the hall were replaced with new ones in the Kamakura period due to the repair, which could be also called reconstruction, in the Kamakura period.
現存する西金堂は、位置、規模等は奈良時代のままであるが、鎌倉時代に再建に近い修理を受けており、主要な部材はおおむね鎌倉時代のものに代わっている。