6-Type Avalokitesvar Statues

33 Kannnon pilgrimage have 33 temples, but have only 6 to 7 types of Avalokitesvara statues: 1) Arya Avalokitesvara, who is the human-figure prototype of other 6 metamorphoses, 2) Ekadasamukha, who has 11 faces, 3) Sahasrabhuja, who has 1,000 arms, 4) Cintamanicakra, who usually has 6 arms and holds chintamani (a wish-fulfilling jewel) in one of the six, 5) Hayagriva , who has the head of a horse, 6) Cundi, who has 16 arms and appears to be female, and, 7) Amoghapasa, who usually has 3 eyes and 8 arms.

Why did I say 6-type then?  The Shingon Sect Buddhists assert that the last one should be Cundi, while the Tendai Sect Buddhists maintain that it should be Amoghapasa.  They all believe that Arya Avalokitesvara can metamorphose into 5, and that they can carve 6 types of Avalokitesvara statues in total.  All in all, we can find 7 types of Avalokitesvara statues in Japan.