Unkei
Sign in to savewas 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".
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- Artist.name
- Unkei運慶
- Artist.image
- Unkei Rokuharamitsuji.jpg
- Artist.caption
- Unkei in the guise of a monk.
- Artist.birth_place
- Kansai region, Japan
- Artist.death_place
- Kansai region, Japan
- Artist.field
- Sculpture
- Artist.movement
- Kei school
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- Unkei Rokuharamitsuji.jpg
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- Unkei
- date of birth
- 1151-01-01
- date of death
- 1224-01-03
- name in kana
- うんけい
- name in native language
- 運慶
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- Unkei
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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".
==Career== 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).