
The image is a photograph of a page from a Japanese text book. The text is written in black ink on a beige background. The title of the book is "This part focuses on Southeast Asian gilt bronze statues of gods and Buddhist deities from the 7th to 13th century. Many sculptures of Buddhist and Hindu deities were made in Southeast Asia after Buddhism and Hinduism were introduced from India in ancient times. These statues were offered to temples or worshipped according to personal beliefs. Among these sculptures, many gilt-bronze statues have remained extant, such as in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Statues from around the 7 and 8th centuries mainly show clear features of Indian style. Later examples present original styles which closely reflect the respective characteristics of the individual cultures in which they were made. The statues are made using the lost-wax casting process, and therefore they have common qualities in their plasticity and smoothness of form."
