日本在二次大战中的失败,使1945年成为日本美术发展史的一个急剧转折点。在雕塑方面,从明治初年西洋雕塑首次介绍到日本到二次大战失败间的70年以及随后的40年里,雕塑的发展变化尤为显著,这主要是雕塑的本身观念发生了变化。二次大战后,日本雕塑开始向立体发展。十九世纪六十年代,雕塑没有被视为一种艺术形式,而只是被看成一种手工艺雕刻品。明治维新时期,社会动荡不安,政治体制发生了激烈变化。在雕塑界,实际上在整个艺术界都失去了幕府将军,诸侯及上层名流的支持。当时,作为一切雕塑之源的佛教雕刻也受 Japan’s defeat in World War II made 1945 a dramatic turning point in the history of Japanese art. In sculpture, from the first introduction of western sculpture in the early Meiji era to the 70 years between the Japanese and the Second World War, and the following 40 years, the development of sculpture was particularly notable, mainly because the concept of sculpture itself had changed. After the Second World War, Japanese sculptures began to develop in three dimensions. In the 1860s, sculpture was not considered an art form, but merely as a handicraft carving. During the Meiji Restoration, social turmoil was over and the political system underwent radical changes. In the sculpture industry, virtually all of the art world has lost the support of General Shogun, princes and celebrities. At that time, Buddhist sculptures, the source of all sculptures, were also accepted