The following major Bosatsu were greatly admired: Kannon Bodhisattva, Kannon Bosatsu, who is depicted as a mother; Miroku Bosatsu who relieves people in the far future; Fugen Bosatsu, who appears in the Hokke-kyo sutra, which says women can become Buddhas and has been deeply admired by women; Monju Bosatsu, who controls the wisdom; and Zijo Bosatsu, who is at the roadsides and nearest to the grass roots.
主な菩薩として、母性的なイメージが投影される観音菩薩、はるか未来で人々を救う弥勒菩薩、女人成仏を説く法華経に登場し女性に篤く信仰されてきた普賢菩薩、知恵を司る文殊菩薩、道端にたたずみ最も庶民の身近にある地蔵菩薩などが、尊崇されてきた。