However, Mokujiki shonin, who was the sculptor of Mokujiki-butsu, is easy to distinguish from other 'Mokujiki shonin' because his name used# '喰' for "jiki" that has a left-hand radical of '口' or "kuchi" in kanji characters.
が、木喰仏の作者である木喰上人の場合は、「口へん」の「喰」の字を使用する点で他の「木食上人」と区別しやすい。