According to "Nukatabedera Garan narabini Jori Zu" (Pictures of Nukatabe-ji Temple and the Streets, a National Treasure) passed down through the generations at Kakuan-ji Temple and now in the National Museum of Japanese History, during the Nara Period, the Golden Hall, lecture hall and three-story pagoda were built one after another and it flourished greatly.
かつて額安寺に伝来し，現在では国立歴史民俗博物館に所蔵される「額田寺伽藍並条里図（ぬかたでらがらんならびにじょうりず、国宝）」によれば、奈良時代には金堂・講堂・三重塔が建ち並び、大いに栄えていたようである。