Tori style

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Tori style

Bronze triad of Shaka with attendant figures (left figure lost) in the Tori style, Asuka period, …

(credit: Courtesy of the Horyu-ji, Nara, Japan)

In Japanese art, a style of sculpture that emerged during the Asuka period (552–645) and lasted into the Nara period (710–784). Derived from the style of the Chinese Northern Wei dynasty (AD 386–534), Tori was named after a sculptor of Chinese descent whose only known piece is a Buddhist triad (623). Works in the Tori style are characterized by slender, elegant bodies, a strong linear interest in drapery, and a tendency toward squatness in the proportion of the faces and also in the relation of the body to the feet.

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