Saikon-do was build by Empress Komyo in 734 for the memorial service of her late mother TACHIBANA no Michiyo, and is known that the Shaka triad as the principal image, as well as statues of Bonten and Taishakuten, Hachibushu statues, the statue of Judai deshi (the Ten Chief Disciples of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni) were placed.
西金堂は光明皇后が亡母橘三千代の追善のため天平6年（734年）建立したもので、本尊釈迦三尊像を中心に、梵天・帝釈天像、八部衆像、十大弟子像などが安置されていたことが知られる。