The article Animating the Image: Buddhist Portrait Sculpture of the Kamakura Period by Morse demonstrate the issue of the how this ‘realism’ should be characterized on the sculpture. Because of Buddhism that had drastic change, it took place and become the first time the religion during Kamakura period. Thus, the author explains the relationships of Buddhism and the influence on Buddhist sculpture. The author’s goal in this particular article was to examine six sculptures that were created by different sculptors to determine the famous traits that were used. For example, the picture of Shunjobo Chogen was Japanese Buddhist monk from Nara-era. His wooden sculpture was made almost the same dimension as the real one. Moreover, the details of his