It is believed that this statue was once kept in the Daishōgun Hachi-jinja Shrine in Kyoto. Despite Daishōgun being an Ōnmyōdō deity controlling the cardinal directions, this statue’s appearance is closer to that of a Buddhist deity of the Tenbu, reserved for deities who serve as guardians of Buddhism. The calm and composed facial expressions and the details of the body match the characteristics of deities of the Tenbu from the late Heian period (794–1185).  
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The Daishōgun is a deity conducting four directions of north, south, east and west based on the philosophy of yin-yang. It was rotated every three years and took a round for twelve years. The orientation where this deity placed was detested. The both hands of this sculpture have been restored.
 
Yasuo Inamoto 
Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, p.139, no.148.