Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Japanese (culture or style)
8. Early Historical Japanese
9. Nara (Japanese culture or style)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the phase of the Nara period that developed from approximately 645 to 710. The style is represented by sculpture, primarily life-size bronze and smaller clay figures with slender lines, complicated drapery folds, and serene expressions.