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Kaikei
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Busshi
A Busshi (仏師) is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues. Chōkai (ja) Chōsei (ja) Eikai (ja) Enkū Ensei (ja) Genkei (ja) Gyōkai (ja) Higo Bettō Jōkei (ja) Inchō (ja) Injo (ja) Inkaku (ja) Inkichi (ja) Inson (ja) Jōchō Jōkaku (ja) Jōkei Kaikei Kakuen (ja) Kakujo (ja) Kōben (ja) Kōkei Kōchō (ja) Kōjo (ja) Kochi no Obinari (ja) Kōshō (ja) Kōshō (ja) Kōun (ja) Kuninaka no Kimimaro (ja) Matsumoto Myōkei (ja) Myōen (ja) Raijo (ja) Seichō (ja) Tankei Tori Busshi Unga (ja) Unjo (ja) Unkei Yamaguchi no Ō
Unkei
Unkei (運慶; 1150 – 1223) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He specialized in statues of the Buddha and other important Buddhist figures. Unkei's early works are fairly traditional, similar in style to pieces by his father, Kōkei. However, the sculptures he produced for the Tōdai-ji in Nara show a flair for realism different from anything Japan had seen before. Today, Unkei is the best known of the Kei artists, and many art historians consider him its "most distinguished member".
Kōkei (sculptor)
Kōkei (康慶, active 1175–1200) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kamakura period. He headed the Kei school during the reconstructions of Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. Although his works are still largely in the style established by Jōchō in the Heian period, Kōkei's sculpture show a move toward the greater realism that characterizes the works of his disciples Unkei, Kaikei, and Jōkei. Kōkei was a direct descendant, both genetically and artistically, of Jōchō, a master sculptor of the Heian period.
Nio
are two wrathful and muscular guardians of the Buddha standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in East Asian Buddhism in the form of frightening wrestler-like statues. They are dharmapala manifestations of the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, the oldest and most powerful of the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon. According to scriptures like the Pāli Canon as well as the Ambaṭṭha Sutta, they travelled with Gautama Buddha to protect him.
Kamakura period
The Kamakura period is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans. The period is known for the emergence of the samurai, the warrior caste, and for the establishment of feudalism in Japan. During the early Kamakura period, the shogunate continued warfare against the Northern Fujiwara which was only defeated in 1189.
Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been almost complete freedom of materials and process.