Jūichimen
Kannon
A popular avatar of Kannon, especially in the Shingon sect, the eleven-faced Kannon was one of the earliest Buddhist images to reach Japan. Ten of the heads supposedly represent ten steps on the Bodhisattva path, with the eleventh being enlightenment.
crown of 11 heads
Enkyōji, Gifu
hibutsu
Jū-ichimen Kannon
Shidoji, Shikoku
hibutsu
Tachibanadera, Nara
11th century