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Art History
Sculpture
A manner of representing drapery folds in Buddhist sculpture. It consists of either
1) a high rounded curve alternating regularly with two low ridged curves or
2) an unbroken series of low ridged curves. The name renpashiki emon is derived from the shape of rippling waves. A good example is the Shaka-zō 釈迦像 (late 9th century) in Murōji Kondō 室生寺金堂, Nara. The renpashiki emon style is thought to have developed as a decorative version of the *honpashiki emon 翻波式衣文, but this not certain.