In the pure esoterica that was transmitted by Kukai, the statues with four arms were produced based on the sutra translated by Fuku, but the statues with two arms were predominant in Japan.
空海によって伝えられた正純密教では、不空の訳経に基づく四臂像も造像されたが、日本における作例は二臂像が圧倒的に多い。