Busshi

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A busshi Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a Japanese term for Buddhist artists who specialized in painting or sculpting images for Buddhist temples, predominantly in the Nara period.[1][2] Painters were specifically known as Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., whereas sculptors who worked with wood were called ki-busshi.[3] Busshi were organized into both categories of task and grade of mastery: Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..[4] These rank designations continued in use until the Heian period.

Practices

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List of Busshi

References

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