Japanese Sculpture (Buddhist influences, Nara sculpture)

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Japanese Sculpture

Sculpture in the Northern Wei style flourished from 552-710, as Buddhist images were in great demand for worship. The Nara Period, 710-794, had sculpture that is characterized by an idealized, "classic" realism and made from clay or dry lacquer.

The group of dry-lacquer sculptures in Kofukuji, another temple in Nara, is an excellent example of Nara sculpture. The Kamakura period (1185-1333) brought about a revival of the Nara style of sculpture with realistic sculpture as well as Buddhist sculpture.

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