Ubudozi, nkuburyo bwubuhanzi nubukorikori bufatika, bufite amateka maremare yimico itandukanye nibinyejana. Ku ikubitiro, ubudodo bwakoreshwaga cyane cyane mu kudoda, gutema, no gushimangira imyenda. Nyuma yigihe, yahindutse mubuhanzi bukomeye bwo gushushanya. Ubuhanga bwibanze bwo kudoda bwakomeje kuba bwiza cyane mumateka, hamwe nibikorwa byinshi byo hambere byerekana ubukorikori budasanzwe, rimwe na rimwe bikarenga ibyaremwe nyuma.
Ubuvumbuzi bwa kera ku isi bwerekana ko ubudozi bwagize uruhare runini mu mico itandukanye. Mu Bushinwa, ibikorwa bya kera bizwi cyane byashushanyije byatangiye mu bihe by’intambara (mu kinyejana cya 5 kugeza mu cya 3 mbere ya Yesu), byerekana ubuhanga bw’imyenda yateye imbere muri kiriya gihe. Ubudozi bw'Abashinwa burimo ahanini ibyiciro bine: Ubudozi bwa Suzhou, ubudozi bwa Hunan, ubudozi bwa Sichuan n'ubudozi bwa Guangdong. Mu buryo nk'ubwo, muri Suwede mu gihe cy’abimukira (nko mu 300-700 nyuma ya Yesu), abantu bashimangiraga imyenda bakoresheje ubudodo bwo kwiruka, ubudodo bw'inyuma, ubudodo bw'uruti, ubudodo bwa buto, hamwe n'ubudozi. Nubwo bimeze bityo ariko, ntiharamenyekana niba ibyo bidodo byakoreshwaga gusa muburyo bwubatswe cyangwa byari bifite imirimo yo gushushanya.
Mu mateka, ubudozi bwakoreshejwe cyane mu myambaro, ibihangano by'idini, n'imitako yo mu rugo. Ibishushanyo mbonera bya tekiniki nubuhanga byakunze kugereranya imibereho, ubutunzi, numuco. Mu Burayi bwo hagati, ubudozi bwateye imbere mu myambaro y'idini no mu myambaro ya cyami. Mu bihugu bya kisilamu, imyenda idoze neza yari ifite agaciro gakomeye, mu gihe mu Buyapani, ubudodo bwa "Sashiko" ntabwo bwongereye gusa imyenda ahubwo bwanashizeho imiterere yihariye ya geometrike.
Nubwo hahinduwe uburyo bwo gukora imyenda no guhindura imyambarire, tekinoroji yo kudoda yakomeje kuba ntangere. Impinduramatwara mu nganda yatangije imashini idoda, ariko ubudodo bwamaboko bukomeje guhabwa agaciro kubera ubukorikori buhebuje nagaciro k’ubuhanzi. Muri iki gihe, ubudozi buhuza imigenzo no guhanga udushya, bugakomeza gushimisha ubwiza n’imikorere ku isi yose. Impamvu ubudozi bukomeje kuba bumwe mu buhanzi bushimishije cyane mu mateka mu mateka bishingiye ku guhuza ubuhanzi n’ibikorwa bifatika, byerekana ubwiza bwabwo butajegajega.
Uyu munsi, ubu bukorikori buhebuje bumaze kujya mu mahanga kandi bukaba ahantu nyaburanga ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Iyo ubuhanga gakondo bukoreshwa murwego rwimyambarire, burabya nubwiza budasanzwe. Irerekana kandi igikundiro kidasanzwe cyumuco wigihugu.
Ubu, ubukorikori bw'ubushinwa bushushanya hafi ya hose mu gihugu. Ubudozi bwa Suzhou, ubudodo bwa Xiang bwa Hunan, ubudodo bwa Shu bwa Sichuan, n'ubudozi bwa Yue bwa Guangdong buri kimwe gifite umwihariko wacyo kandi kizwi nk'ubudozi bune buzwi mu Bushinwa. Ibishushanyo by'uyu munsi ibihangano bifite ubuhanga buhanitse kandi bugoye.