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Buddhist sculpture in Korea (view source)
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[[File:Maitreya83.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Replica on display at Incheon Airport of [[National Treasure of Korea]] #83, a gilt-bronze Maitreya sculpture very closely related in style to the 7th century [[Koryu-ji|Kôryû-ji]] sculpture which was the first to be designated a [[National Treasure]] in Japan]]
Buddhism is believed to have been introduced into the Korean kingdoms of [[Koguryo]] and [[Paekche]] in the 4th century, via the [[Northern Wei Dynasty]] ([[386]]-[[534]]), a dynasty of the [[Tuoba]] people, a Turkic people descended from the [[Xianbei]].<ref name=rawski123>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 123-125.</ref> Though Korea initially copied Chinese styles of Buddhist sculpture, distinctive styles later emerged in each of the [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]]. These styles then merged into a single set of typical styles following the unification of Korea under the kingdom of [[Silla]] in the 7th century.
Buddhism is believed to have been introduced into the Korean kingdoms of [[Koguryo]] and [[Paekche]] in the 4th century, via the [[Northern Wei Dynasty]] ([[386]]-[[534]]), a dynasty of the [[Tuoba]] people, a Turkic people descended from the [[Xianbei]].<ref name=rawski123>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 123-125.</ref> Though Korea initially copied Chinese styles of Buddhist sculpture, distinctive styles later emerged in each of the [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]]. These styles then merged into a single set of typical styles following the unification of Korea under the kingdom of [[Silla]] in the 7th century.