The Nikko Bosatsu and Gakko Bosatsu statues which are placed on both sides of Fukukensaku Kannon, (or Fukukenjaku Kannon, Never Empty Lasso Kannon (deity of Mercy)), the principal image at Hokke-do (Sangatsudo) of Todai-ji Temple in Nara are famous as masterpieces of Tenpyo sculpture (style of sculpture created in Tenpyo period) but the original names of the statues are not known and they seem to have not been shaped as Nikko and Gakko Bosatsu from the beginning.
奈良・東大寺法華堂（三月堂）本尊不空羂索観音像の両脇に立つ、塑造日光菩薩・月光菩薩像は天平彫刻の名作として著名であるが、本来の像名は不明で、当初から日光・月光菩薩として造立されたものではないようである。