When looking at the Kuze Kannon-zo (statue of Kuze Kannon) at honzon of Yumedono (Hall of Dreams) of Horyu-ji Temple, which is considered a work of seven centuries earlier, overall frontality and symmetry are prominent, with the long flowing hair on the shoulders having the diagrammatic style called 'warabite-jo' (literally, having the form of upturned bracken ferns), and the tenne hanging from both arms down the sides of the body spreads flatly in left and right directions, showing fin-like protrusions.
7世紀も早い頃の制作とされる法隆寺夢殿本尊の救世観音像を見ると、全体に正面性・左右対称性が顕著で、肩に垂れる垂髪は「蕨手状」と称される図式的なものであり、両腕から体側に垂れる天衣は鰭（ひれ）状の突起を表しながら左右方向へ平面的に広がっている。