Jōchō
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Jōchō, also known as Jōchō Busshi, was a Japanese sculptor of the Heian period. He popularized the yosegi technique of sculpting a single figure out of many pieces of wood, and he redefined the canon
Amitābha in Byōdō-in created by Jōchō. 1053.
Byōdō-in
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Byōdō-in is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, built in the late Heian period. It is jointly a temple of the Jōdo-shū and Tendai-shū sects.
Jōchō
…Jōruri-ji, a temple at Tomino-o. Michinaga's son, Fujiwara no Yorimichi, gave Jōchō his next commission. The artist was to create an Amida statue for the Phoenix Hall of the Byōdō-in, a temple in Uji near Kyoto. Jōchō completed the piece sometime after 1052. This is the earliest of Jōchō's works to have survived to…
Phoenix Hall, a National Treasure
Jōdo-shiki garden with Phoenix Hall and Aji-ike Pond
The head of the Jōchō statue of Amitābha is visible in this photo of the Phoenix Hall.