The most part of this statue including the torus of lotus pedestal was carved from a single block of Japanese nutmeg (kaya). The overall looks vibrantly, the drape of robe was carved elegantly and sharply. The face shows an Indian style. It was originally enshrined in Nyakuōji-sha in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto Prefecture.
 
Shigeki Iwata 
Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, p.142, no.125. 

 This statue had been enshrined as a manifestation of the prime noumenon in Nyakuō-ji shrine in Higashiyama, Kyoto, until the government announced the separation of Shintoism and Buddhism in the first year of the Meiji period (1868). The whole body with the exception of the arms and the lotus seat were carved from a single piece of kaya (Japanese nutmeg) wood. The inside of the statue is not carved out. The body and the clothes are colored in yellowish white—the special coloring to emphasize the meaning of sandalwood statue. The shape of the head which stands out in the center, thick eye-lids which cast a shadow over the face, the ups and downs of the body lines, and sharply carved drapes of the costume reflect the typical one-piece carving style of the early Heian period. 
Masterpieces of Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1993, pp.16-17, no.6.