There is a view that the Honzon of Kurama-dera Temple were these three statues of Bishamonten, and there is another view that the Honzon probably looked similar to the Tobatsu-Bishamonten of the latter half of Heian era, which is an Important Cultural Property; this statue is also enshrined in Reihoden Hall. |
鞍馬寺の本尊はこの毘沙門天の三尊像であったとする説や、同じく霊宝館に安置されている平安時代後期の重要文化財兜跋毘沙門天(とばつびしゃもんてん)の姿と近いものでなかったかとする説もある。 |