The temple complex is laid out in the Hōryū-ji style, and remains of the foundations of the Main Hall, Pagoda, Middle Gate, corridor, and monks' quarters have been discovered.

The only temple known from historical records such as the Nihon Shoki which corresponds is the Kudara-no-Ōdera (百済大寺) (the predecessor of Daian-ji), which was built by the 34th Emperor Jomei in 639.

The site of "Kudara-no-Ōdera", which was one of the first Buddhist temples constructed in Japan, had up until this time been considered lost.

[2] According to the Daianji Garan Engi and Ruki Shizaichō (Daianji Zaichō) from 747 and the Nihon Shoki and Shoku Nihongi, when Prince Tamura (later Emperor Jomei) visited the sick Prince Shōtoku, he asked him to rebuild the Kumagoi Seisha as an official temple.

The Daian-ji Garan Engi Heiruki Zaizaichō also states that the construction of a sub-shrine led to the gods becoming angry and burning down the nine-story pagoda and the main hall; however, no such event is mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and is not supported by any archaeological evidence.

The layout of the buildings was centered on an enclosed courtyard with the Main Hall to the east and the Pagoda to the west and the Middle Gate to the south.

The Kibi-ike temple ruins are about 2.3 kilometers southwest from Sakurai Station on the Kintetsu Railway and JR West.