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Gakko, from the Yakushi Triad (Nara period) |
context: sculpture
Buddhist Sculpture
Buddhist sculpture really starts in the asuka period, and has much in common with Buddhist sculpture from anywhere else in the world, but there are a few items and sculptors I'd like to highlight.