Hokke-ji Temple in the Nara period was a large temple with both east and west pagodas, but after the transfer of the national capital to the city of Heian-kyo, it gradually declined and the record in the late Heian period shows that the temple almost came to ruin around that period.
奈良時代の法華寺は東西両塔をもつ大寺院であったが、平安京遷都以後は次第に衰微し、平安時代末期にはかなり荒廃していたことが当時の記録から伺える。