According to "Todai-ji yoroku," the Kon-do Hall (the Great Buddha Hall) was completed one year before, but it is doubtful whether the Great Buddha Hall could be completed in such a short period with an ongoing project to improve other temple buildings since we can suppose the construction work itself was an enormous project.
その一年前に、金堂（大仏殿）が落慶したことを『東大寺要録』は伝えるが、他の堂宇の整備計画が進む中で、その様な短期間に大仏殿が完成できるか、その工事が大規模なものであったことが予想できるだけに、疑問の残るところである。