The temple built during the Bunsei reconstruction was a temporary one and slightly smaller than the previous temple, and many Buddha statues including a 5.2-meter high statue of Senju Kannon (Thousand Armed Avalokiteshwara) were enshrined there until the Kofuku-ji Temple Museum of National Treasures opened in 1959.
この文政再建の堂は仮堂で、規模も従前の堂より一回り小さかったが、興福寺国宝館の開館（1959年）までは、高さ5.2メートルの千手観音像をはじめ、多くの仏像を堂内に安置していた。