The burnt pagoda was counted among Ikaruga Santo (three pagodas in Ikaruga) along with the pagodas of neighboring Horyu-ji and Hokki-ji Temples, and it was highly valued as the structure that was supposed to be the architecture of the late seventh century.
焼失した塔は、近隣の法隆寺、法起寺の塔とともに斑鳩三塔と呼ばれ、7世紀末頃の建立と推定される貴重な建造物であった。