Fujiwara no Motohira, second lord of Hiraizumi and Motsuji's sponsor, spared no expense on this temple of imperial vow. The principal image is a statue of Yakushi, the healing Buddha, by one of Kyoto's most famous and skilled Buddhist sculptors, Unkei. Winglike corridors extended east-west from Motsuji's central hall before bending southward. At the end of the east wing stood a sutra repository, on the west side a belfry. The hall's foundation stones are embedded in the earthen platform.