Most of the inscriptions are the names of people various social strata such as monks, gentry, and commoners, who are believed to have donated the tiles as votive offerings.

Some of the tiles have the date Jinki 4, which corresponds to the year 727 AD, and thus providing corroboration for the story in the Gyōki Nenpu.

[2] Some of the artifacts recovered from the site (780 engraved roof tiles, 2 round eaves tiles, 4 examples of Sue ware pottery and 2 coins) were collectively designated a National Important Cultural Property in 2016 and are kept at the Sakai City Museum.

[3] The site itself has been restored to what archaeologists and historians believe to have been its original appearance, and opened to the public as a park in 2009.

A structure similar to theDotō is the Zutō in the Takabatake neighborhood of Nara city.