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>>6956370
While the best ukiyo-e pieces are certainly highly-regarded antiques, the history of Japanese art goes back much further.

Pic related shows a detail of a bodhisattva from the Amida Triad, one of a series of frescoes painted c. 710, which were displayed in the main hall (kondō) of Hōryū Temple in Ikaruga, Nara prefecture, Japan.

Rendered in a style greatly influenced by the paintings of Tang dynasty China, the murals were unfortunately badly scorched by a fire in 1949, so now they can only be appreciated through photographs and reproductions.