The sculptor is not known but it is assumed to be the work of the renowned contemporary Buddhist sculptor Kenen who created other sculptures in Toba Rikyu's other Buddha halls such as Shokomyoin.
作者は不明であるが、同じ鳥羽離宮内の勝光明院などの造仏を手がけていた当時の著名な仏師・賢円の作かと推定されている。