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Jocho's successors, sculptors of the Kei school of Buddhist statues, created realistic and dynamic statues to suit the tastes of samurai, and Japanese Buddhist sculpture reached its peak. Sculptors Unkei, Kaikei, and Tankei gained renown by replacing temples' Buddha statues that had been lost in wars or fires, such as those at Kofuku-ji. [4]
Ashura, a Japanese National Treasure sculpture from 734. In the mid-6th century, the introduction of Buddhism from Korea to Japan resulted in a revival of Japanese sculpture. Buddhist monks, artisans and scholars settled around the capital in Yamato Province (present day Nara Prefecture) and passed their techniques to native craftsmen.
21st-century Japanese sculptors (29 P) + Japanese male sculptors (5 P) Japanese women sculptors (12 P) N. Netsuke-shi (10 P) Pages in category "Japanese sculptors"
This is a list of Japanese artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. For information on those who work primarily in film, television, advertising, manga, anime, video games, or performance arts, please see the relevant ...
Many extant works are said to be his, but the first that can be attributed to him with any certainty is a Dainichi Nyorai at Enjō-ji in Nara (1176).. Unkei was a devout Buddhist, and records from 1183 (Heian period end) show that he transcribed two copies of the Lotus Sutra with the aid of two calligrapher monks and a woman sponsor named Akomaro. [3]
Tori's works exemplify Japanese Buddhist art during the Asuka period. [2] His style ultimately derives from that of the Chinese Wei kingdom of the late 4th to 6th century. . This style was intended for sculpting rock in caves, and even though Tori and his assistants sculpted in clay for bronze casting, his pieces reflect the Chinese front-oriented design and surface flatness.
Enkū (円空) (1632–1695) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, poet and sculptor during the early Edo period.He was born in Mino Province (present-day Gifu Prefecture) and is famous for carving some 120,000 wooden statues of the Buddha and other Buddhist icons, many of which were given in payment for lodging on his pilgrimages to temples throughout Japan.
Fumio Asakura (朝倉 文夫, Asakura Fumio, March 1, 1883 – April 18, 1964) was a Western-style Japanese sculptor, known as the father of modern Japanese sculpture and referred to as the "Rodin of Japan". [1] He was a prolific artist, and his work spanned the Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa periods of Japanese history. [2]