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N. B.—Jōchō received the art title of Hōkyō (bridge of the law), being the first sculptor to be so honoured. His most illustrious descendants had the same title. They worked in the Seventh Avenue (Shichijō) of Kyōtō, and were consequently termed the "Seventh Avenue Academy."

N. B.—Chōsei had the art title of Hōin. He and his descendants worked in the Third Avenue (Sanjō) of Kyōtō, and were called the "Third Avenue Academy."

From the time of the establishment of military feudalism (1192) by Yoritomo at Kamakura until the days (1580) of Hideyoshi, an interval of nearly four centuries, may be regarded as the Kamakura epoch from the point of view of the sculptor's art, and may also be regarded not only as the greatest period of the