was a Japanese
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 ...
(
sculptor
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 sc ...
of
Buddha statue
Much Buddhist art uses depictions of the historical Buddha, Gautama Buddha, which are known as Buddharūpa (literally, "Form of the Awakened One") in Sanskrit and Pali. These may be statues or other images such as paintings. The main figure in ...
) of
Kamakura period
The 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 bet ...
, known alongside
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 ...
. Because many busshi of the school have a name including ''kei'' (慶), his school is called ''Kei-ha'' (
Kei school
The was a Japanese school (style) of Buddhist sculpture which emerged in the early Kamakura period (c. 1200). Based in Nara, it was the dominant school in Buddhist sculpture in Japan into the 14th century, and remained influential until the 19th. ...
). 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 Shaku may refer to:
* Shaku (unit)
* Shaku (ritual baton)
* Buddhist surname
In East Asian Buddhism, monks and nuns usually adopt a Buddhist surname and a Dharma name, which are combined in the surname-first East-Asian naming order. Since the 4th c ...
, 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
is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Nanto Shichi Daiji, Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Nara, Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year ...
(1201) - National Treasure of Japan.
*
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 Vajra ...
(Agyō) in
Tōdai-ji
is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Nanto Shichi Daiji, Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Nara, Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year ...
(1203) - National Treasure of Japan. Joint production with
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 ...
and 13 assistant sculptors.
*Mahamayuri in
Kinpusen-ji
is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kinpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Gyōja, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from S ...
(1200) - Important Cultural Property of Japan.
*Maitreya in
Sanbō-in
is a Buddhist temple in southern Kyoto, Japan, known today primarily for the quality of its garden.Main, Alison. (2002) ''The Lure of the Japanese Garden,'' p. 27./ref>
History
Sanbō-in was established in the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1582– ...
(1192) - Important Cultural Property of Japan.
*Vairocana in
Ishiyama-dera
is a Shingon temple in Ōtsu in Japan's Shiga Prefecture. This temple is the thirteenth of the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage.
History
It was constructed around 747 CE, and is said to have been founded by Rōben. The temple contains a number of cu ...
(1194) - Important Cultural Property of Japan.
File:小野浄土寺三尊.jpg, Amitabha Triad in Jōdo-ji in Ono (1195)
File:Todaiji Monastery Hachiman by Kaikei (420).jpg, Hachiman in Tōdai-ji
is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Nanto Shichi Daiji, Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Nara, Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year ...
(1201)
File:Nio guardians by Unkei in Nara.jpg, 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 Vajra ...
(Agyō) in Tōdai-ji (1203)
References
External links
Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Kaikei (see index)
Japanese sculptors
Kei school
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