Here are two that have been dated and could have been done while Nichiren was alive:

This {first one below} unique statue of Nichiren was carved during the latter part of the Kamakura Era; from the late 13th to the early 14th Century. It is kept at Honmanji in Kyoto. The same temple is listed as housing two {2} authenticated Nichiren Mandala Gohonzon{s}. These are Mandala #038 dated August 13, 1276 (Kenji 2); and Mandala #106.

Here are two that have been dated and could have been done while Nichiren was alive:

This {first one below} unique statue of Nichiren was carved during the latter part of the Kamakura Era; from the late 13th to the early 14th Century. It is kept at Honmanji in Kyoto. The same temple is listed as housing two {2} authenticated Nichiren Mandala Gohonzon{s}. These are Mandala #038 dated August 13, 1276 (Kenji 2); and Mandala #106.

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This next statue. below, is vaguely reminiscent of the Statue at Kyoto Honmanji. The face is similar to those at Myohon-ji and Yusei-ji. It is also dated to the Kamakura Era {late 1200′s, early 1300′s}. The statue is evidently kept in the Founder’s Hall of the Pagoda at Hokke-ji Temple, located in Esashi Town, Matsumae District of Hokkaido. It appears to have been at that location since 1886. It might have been salvaged from the ruins of an older temple in Hyogo prefecture. The original Matsumae Hokke-ji Temple is said to have been founded by Nichiji Shonin, who was one of Nichiren’s six {6} designated successors. The current structures at Esashi Town date to the Muromachi period {1333 – 1573}.

” … when Nichiji was 45 years old, he set out on a journey to spread the teachings of the Lotus Sutra abroad. … It is thought that [he] crossed the Tsugaru Straits on to Ezo (Hokkaido) where he is … said to have founded the temples of Myo’oji at Ishizaki in Hakodate City, Hokkeji in Matsumae, and Myokenji in the village of Toda-hokke. ” — from Nichiji Shonin, the first missionary

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