Among the so-called Small Gilt Bronze Buddhist Statues, which were widely made mainly during the Nara period, many statues are clearly recognized as Kannon statues because of placing a Kebutsu of Amida Nyorai on the head, but these are usually just called 'Kannon (Bosatsu) statues' instead of 'Sho Kannon' as well.
奈良時代を中心に盛んに造られた、いわゆる小金銅仏のなかには、頭上に阿弥陀化仏を有することから、明かに観音像であるとわかるものが多いが、これらについても通常「聖観音」とは言わず、単に「観音（菩薩）像」と言っている。