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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.