Koichi MACHIDA and others regard this description as an authority to believe that the East Pagoda and statues were not transferred from the original temple by interpreting the description as follows: Yakushi-ji Temple in Heijo-kyo and that in Asuka had two pagodas each until a certain period.
ある時期までは平城と飛鳥の両薬師寺にそれぞれ2基の塔があったと解釈されることから、町田甲一らはこれを非移建説の根拠の1つとしている。