Heian Period (792-1185), 12th century A standing figure of Amida Nyorai (Sanskrit: Amitabha Tathagata) in classic late-Heian pose, carved chiefly from a single hollowed block of hinoki (cypress) wood, the extremities carved from separate pieces of wood, with traces and lacquer and gilding, wearing a fukuken'e (mantle) and kun (skirt), the shallow-carved fukuken'e descending from the shoulders and forming a series of regular curves over the abdomen, the kun with typical Y-shaped and vertical central pleats, the hands in the raigo-in (vitarka mudra) gesture used by Amida when descending from heaven to receive the souls of the deceased, the right hand raised and the left hand lowered, both with palm facing outward, standing on a lotus pedestal 35 1/2in (90.2cm) high (figure only), 42 7/8in (109cm) high overall