# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jocho
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:30.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jocho"
name: "Jōchō"
slug: "jocho"
description: "Jōchō, also known as Jōchō Busshi, was a Japanese sculptor of the Heian period. He popularized the yosegi technique of sculpting a single figure out of many pieces of wood, and he redefined the canon of body proportions used to create Buddhist imagery. His style spread across Japan and defined Japanese sculpture for the next 150 years. Today, art historians cite Jōchō as \"the first of a new kind of master sculptor\" and \"one of the most innovative artists Japan has ever produced.\""
tagline: "Japanese sculptor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Byodoin_Amitaabha_Buddha.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1000"
deathDate: "1057-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.11
  momentum:             1.777277840269966
  historical:           11.637692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "জোশো বুশি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzs%C3%B3cs%C3%B3"
    title: "Dzsócsó"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E6%9C%9D"
    title: "定朝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dch%C5%8D"
    title: "Jōchō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%91%D1%82%D1%91"
    title: "Дзётё"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60911"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump