soku　即
CATEGORY:　art history / sculptures
　
A dry lacquer statue. During the Nara Period the term soku was used in documents to refer to dry lacquer statuary. Any of these four characters: 即,　塞, were used to write soku. Today dry lacquer is known as *kanshitsu 乾漆.
　
　

　
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