However, there had been few founders of a religious sects except Shinjo that engraved and painted statues of noble characters from the days of Kukai and Nichirenno until modern ages.
しかし空海や日蓮以降、近代に至るまで宗祖の立場にある人物がこのように尊像を刻んだり描いたりしたことがほとんどなくなっていた。