In Japan, the lavish Tang style was intertwined with Buddhist devotional art during the Nara period. Nara period, an introduction by Dr. Sonia Coman
Shōsōin repository held nine thousand artifacts from China, Southeast Asia, Iran, and the Middle East—connecting ancient Japan to the cultural trade of the Eurasian continent. The Shōsōin Repository and its treasure by Dr. Mariachiara Gasparini
This massive temple was built to impress—twice. Its monumental timber frame required a veritable cypress forest. Tōdai-ji by Dr. Deanna MacDonald