Asuka period: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Sukei period
Date	552 - 645
Location	Japan

Photos

Kanzeon Bosatsu

Miroku (Maitreya) in meditation, gilt bronze figure, Japanese, Asuka period, 7th century; in the Cleveland Museum of Art

Bronze triad of Shaka with attendant figures (left figure lost) in the Tori style, Asuka period, 623; in the Hōryū-ji, Nara, Japan

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