It is a typical new Japanese architectural style building in the Kamakura period, adopting Daibutsu-yo (Buddhist architectural style) for the designs, etc. of doors (sangarado, paneled entrance doors introduced from China) and kibana (the end of the beam penetrating a pole) of kashira-nuki (head rail) with decorative carving at the end of the timber, while using the Japanese architectural style as its base.
和様を基調にしつつ扉（桟唐戸）・頭貫（かしらぬき）の木鼻（用材の端部に装飾彫刻を施す）の意匠などには大仏様を採り入れるなど鎌倉時代の新和様の典型的な建築といえる。