Kojin as the statue form was not a venerable image Buddhist statue originating from India but was instead a statue of noble character independently developed in the belief of Japanese Buddhism, and was represented by sanpokojin.
像容としての荒神は、インド由来の仏教尊像ではなく、日本仏教の信仰の中で独自に発展した尊像であり、三宝荒神はその代表的な物である。