However, whereas the statues of Honen and Shinran were crafted during the Edo period, the statue attributed to Kanezane KUJO dates from the latter part of the Heian period and is thought to have originally been created as a Monju Bosatsu statue in the form of a Buddhist monk.
ただし、法然像と親鸞像は江戸時代のものであり、伝・九条兼実像は像の制作自体は平安時代後期にさかのぼるものの、元来は僧形文殊菩薩像として造像されたものと思われる。