Jocho perfected the style of the Buddha created in gold leaf overlaying
black lacquer. He also created the Yosegi, or joined-wood technique.
The Amida at Byodo-in is one of the few surviving sculptures that can definitively
be attributed to him.
Source:
Satoshi, Yabuuchi. "The Great Buddhist Sculptor, Jocho."
Trans. Gavin Frew. <http://www3.big.or.jp/~yabu-s/museE.html.data/Essay%20Corner/Jocho.html>
Accessed 24 November, 2002.