In going so far as to make statues or drawings of the Buddha, the statue or appearance of the Buddha is being created by kannen (observation and contemplation), and it becomes kanzo (looking at an image) or kanso (meditation or contemplation).
さらに仏像や仏の相好を描き出すと、仏像や相好を観念することになり、観像、観想の念仏となる。