Out of the wall paintings of Kondo (the Golden Pavilion) of the Horyu-ji Temple, the twelve mural paintings on the large walls burned down by the fire which broke out in 1949, and only 20 mural paintings of Hiten (a flying, music-playing Buddhist angel) escaped the fire.
法隆寺金堂壁画のうち大壁の壁画12面は1949年の火災で焼損し、小壁の飛天の壁画20面のみが焼損をまぬがれている。