This statue would be the Dainichi Nyorai statue that is mentioned in an inscription on the miniature shrine at Kabasaki-dera Temple in 1193 recorded in "Banna-ji Kabasaki Engi Narabi ni Butsuji Shidai" (History and Order of Buddhist Services at the Banna-ji Temple in Kabasaki), and there is a theory that this statue was carved by Unkei based on its style and items stored in the statue revealed by X-ray photographs.
『鑁阿寺樺崎縁起并仏事次第』に見える、樺崎寺安置の厨子に建久4年（1193年）銘のあった大日如来像に当たるもので、その作風やX線写真によって知られる像内納入品の状況から運慶作品と推定する説がある。