The statues at Saikon-do of Kofuku-ji Temple including Hachibushu are interpreted to have been produced based on Konkomyo saisho-kyo (Golden Light Sutra of the Most Victorious Kings) instead of Jobon of Hoke-kyo Sutra.
八部衆を含む興福寺西金堂諸像については、法華経序品ではなく、金光明最勝王経所説に基づく造像だと解釈されている。