This style, often used in Buddha statue halls of Zen Sect temples, had been called 'kara-yo' since the Edo period, but the term 'zenshu-yo' was proposed following the end of the Second World War.
これは禅宗寺院の仏堂に多く用いられ、江戸時代から唐様と呼ばれたが、第二次世界大戦後になって禅宗様という用語が提唱された。