During the very last years of his life, Unkei worked only for important people of the Kamakura bakufu such as MINAMOTO no Sanetomo, Masako HOJO, and Yoshitoki HOJO.
最晩年の運慶の仕事は、源実朝・北条政子・北条義時など、鎌倉幕府要人の関係に限られている。