For example, a record (the Kofukuji Ruki [Records of Kofuku-ji Temple]) shows that a group of sozo (a statue made from a wood core, coated with clay) that depicted the Pure Land of Shaka, Amida, Miroku and Yakushi were placed in the first layer of the five-storey pagoda of the Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara built in 730.
たとえば天平2年（730年）に建立された奈良・興福寺五重塔の初層には釈迦、阿弥陀、弥勒、薬師の浄土を表現した塑像群が安置されていたことが記録（興福寺流記）から知られる。