Envisioning Heijokyo: 100 Questions & Answers about the Ancient Capital in Nara, Japan
Yoko Hsueh SHIRAI received her PhD in art history from the University of California, Los Angeles, and specializes in Japanese Buddhist statuary primarily excavated at the sites of ruined Buddhist temples dating to the seventh and eighth centuries. Each spring, she looks forward to seeing what exciting new finds archaeologists have unearthed at Nara.