# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tori-busshi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:13:45.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tori-busshi"
name: "Tori Busshi"
slug: "tori-busshi"
description: "Tori Busshi was a Japanese sculptor active in the late 6th and early 7th century. He was from the Kuratsukuri  clan, and his full title was Shiba no Kuratsukuri-be no Obito Tori Busshi (司馬鞍作部首止利仏師)); Busshi is a title meaning \"the maker of Buddhist images\". By the early 7th century, Tori Busshi had become the favorite sculptor of Soga no Umako and Prince Shōtoku. Such high-ranking patrons indicate that Tori was highly esteemed as an artist and not just an anonymous craftsman. Many extant Asuka period sculptures in gilt bronze are credited to Tori and his workshop. The artist's work epitomizes Japanese sculpture during the era, with its solid, geometric figures in front-oriented, characteristic poses."
tagline: "Japanese sculptor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Asuka_dera_daibutsu.jpg/330px-Asuka_dera_daibutsu.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "550"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           48.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.053064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9E%8D%E4%BD%9C%E6%AD%A2%E5%88%A9"
    title: "鞍作止利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuratsukuri_Tori"
    title: "Kuratsukuri Tori"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuratsukuri_no_Tori"
    title: "Kuratsukuri no Tori"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Busshi"
    title: "Tori Busshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Busshi"
    title: "Tori Busshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Bussi"
    title: "Tori Bussi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9E%8D%E4%BD%9C%E6%AD%A2%E5%88%A9"
    title: "鞍作止利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuratsukuri_no_Tori"
    title: "Kuratsukuri no Tori"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Busshi"
    title: "Tori Busshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Busshi"
    title: "Tori Busshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Курацукури-но Тори"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Busshi"
    title: "Tori Busshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Busshi"
    title: "Tori Busshi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96"
    title: "Курацукурі но Торі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579775"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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