Meanwhile, after completing the Shakanyorai (Gotama Siddhattha) statue, which was the main statue in Kofuku-ji Temple's Saikon-do (West Golden Hall) in January, 1186, Unkei started to take assignments associated with the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) as if he were following Seicho's move.
一方、運慶は文治2年（1186年）正月に興福寺西金堂本尊釈迦如来像を完成したあと、成朝の動向に連続するかのように、鎌倉幕府関係の仕事を開始する。