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Busshi
A Busshi (仏師) is a Japanese sculptor specializing in Buddha statues. List of Busshi * 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 Unkei ( ja, 運慶; – 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, simil ... * Yamaguchi no Ōguchi ( ja) * Zen'en (善円) or Zenkei ( ja) * Zensh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaikei
was a Japanese Busshi (sculptor of Buddha statue) of Kamakura period, known alongside Unkei. Because many busshi of the school have a name including ''kei'' (慶), his school is called ''Kei-ha'' (Kei school). Kaikei being also called Annami-dabutsu, his style is called ''Anna-miyō'' (Anna style) and is known to be intelligent, pictorial and delicate. Most of his works have a height of about three shaku, and there are many of his works in existence. Primary work *Amitabha Triad in Jōdo-ji in Ono (1195) - National Treasure of Japan. Most important work. Height: 24.6 ft *Hachiman in Tōdai-ji (1201) - National Treasure of Japan. *Nio(Agyō) in Tōdai-ji (1203) - National Treasure of Japan. Joint production with Unkei and 13 assistant sculptors. *Mahamayuri in Kinpusen-ji (1200) - Important Cultural Property of Japan. *Maitreya in Sanbō-in (1192) - Important Cultural Property of Japan. *Vairocana in Ishiyama-dera (1194) - Important Cultural Property of Japan. File:小 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jōchō
Jōchō (定朝; died 1057 AD), also known as Jōchō Busshi, was a Japanese sculptor of the Heian period. He popularized the ''yosegi'' technique of sculpting a single figure out of many pieces of wood, and he redefined the canon of body proportions used to create Buddhist imagery. His style spread across Japan and defined Japanese sculpture for the next 150 years. Today, art historians cite Jōchō as "the first of a new kind of master sculptor" and "one of the most innovative artists Japan has ever produced." Career Jōchō trained at the Kōfuku-ji, a temple in Nara. By 1020, he was an artist of some renown with a studio in Kyoto. At this time, Fujiwara no Michinaga, the greatest of the Fujiwara regents of the Heian period, commissioned him to decorate the Hōjōji, a temple that Fujiwara had founded. Jōchō's efforts there earned him the title ''Hokkyō'' (Master of the Dharma Bridge) in 1022, a rare accolade for a sculptor. Jōchō later worked on sculpture for the Kōf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jōkei (sculptor)
was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. Aside from his artwork, Jōkei left little record of his life, so sorting out the details of his biography is difficult. The fact that two men by that name were working in Nara in the 13th century only complicates matters.Mason 192. Jōkei probably began his career as a disciple of Kōkei, the organizer of the Kei school of sculpture, or of Unkei. In fact, Jōkei may even have been Kōkei's son, though others call him the son of Unkei.Noma 272. In this capacity, he sculpted works for the reconstruction of the temples Kōfuku-ji and Tōdai-ji in Nara. Jōkei followed the lead of Unkei and others in the Kei school in his pursuit of realism. An early example of this is his ''Guardian King'' (Niō), carved sometime in the 1190s. The figure stands beside another by Unkei at the main gateway in front of the Kōfuku-ji. Jōkei's Niō is nude to the waist, exposing a tense musculature. The veins in the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
