In this book, WU Hong deconstructs the prevailing theory of a 100-year Buddhist artistic lag between Asuka Japan and the Chinese mainland. She proposes to radic

With its thorough re-evaluation of Asuka-period sculpture and the radical redating it proposes, this book situates Asuka statuary in a very different historical

This volume examines the various patterns of trans-regional exchanges in Buddhist art within East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) in the medieval period, from th