A bell, usually of gilt bronze, rung during an Esoteric Buddhist service. Around the center of the handle are kimoku 鬼目 (demons' eyes), and above and below the center a lotus pattern design. Five types of kongōrei, distinguished by the shape of the top of the handle, are collectively known as goshurei 五種鈴. These are the tokkorei 独鈷鈴, which has a single prong at the top of the handle, the sankorei 三鈷鈴 with three prongs, the gokorei 五鈷鈴 (five-pronged bell), hōjurei 宝珠鈴 (sacred pearl bell), and tōrei 塔鈴 (pagoda bell). The surface of the bell is usually undecorated, but occasionally there are designs in relief, showing Buddhist figures, symbols representing deities, or Chinese foliage scrolls. The kongōrei is also found as an attribute *jimotsu 持物, held by Buddhist figures such as *Aizen Myōō 愛染明王.