8-1Detail of Yakushi, Yakushi triad (FIG. 8-8), kondo, Yakushiji, Nara Prefecture, Japan, Nara period, late seventh or early eighth
century ce.Bronze, detail 3 10 high.
The introduction of Buddhism in 552 CEprofoundly changed the character of Japanese art and architecture. This early
masterpiece of Japanese Buddhist sculpture reveals debts to both China and India.
1 ft.