Beside such gilt bronze statues as the Great Buddha at Todai-ji Temple, various methods of producing Buddhist images were used, including the most popular kanshitsuzo (dry lacquer wooden statues) and sozo (earthen images), as well as gold or silver images, stone statues and also molded or extruded clay forms.
これに代表される金銅仏のほか、乾漆造や塑像が主流であり、金像銀像、石仏も制作され、専仏、押出仏の制作も盛んで、制作技法が多様であった。