They are currently enshrined on both sides of the principal image of Chukon-do Hall, the Shakyanyorai statue, but were originally constructed in 1202 in the Kamakura Period as attendant figures of the Shakyanyorai statue, the principal image of the Saikon-do Hall that was abolished.
現在は中金堂本尊釈迦如来像の両脇に安置されるが、本来は廃絶した西金堂本尊・釈迦如来像の脇侍として、鎌倉時代の建仁2年（1202年）造立されたもの。