Regarding Motsu-ji Temple, it is known that Motohira went to Unkei, a sculptor in Kyoto, with a lot of presents, requesting the creation of the statue of Yakushi Nyorai (the Healing Buddha) of honzon (principal image of Buddha).
毛越寺に関しては、基衡が本尊の薬師如来像の制作を莫大な功物をもって京在住の仏師運慶に依頼したことが知られている。