The seated wooden statue of Dainichi Nyorai at the Shingon temple of Enjō-ji in Nara is the earliest and best-substantiated work by Japanese master sculptor Unkei.

An inscription on the pedestal records that he began work on the piece in 1175 and brought it to completion the following year.

The sculpture has been designated a National Treasure.

Unkei's next documented works, from the early 1180s, commissioned by military leaders prominent in the ensuing Kamakura shogunate, for temples in eastern Japan, will be are physically more massive and powerful, as will be his giant Niō at Tōdai-ji.

By contrast, in this early work Unkei employs a more "gentle" or "tranquil" style.