| It used to be believed to date from the Kamakura period but characteristics such as its style and composition make it now thought to have been carved somewhat earlier in the 12th century in the late Heian period. |
かつては鎌倉時代の作とされたこともあったが、作風、構造等の特色から、平安時代末期、12世紀頃の作と見るのが妥当である。 |