Arts

of the

Kamakura Period(1185-1333)

Gempei War

Destruction

• Nara temples allied

with Yoritomo.

• Nara temples burned

by Taira forces.

ginko &

roof tiles

Rebuilding Todai-ji

Portrait

of

Priest

Chogen

Minamoto

no

Yoritomo

(1147-1199)

Great South Gate

Nandaimon, Todai-ji

“Indian-style” brackets

• Supports

notched into

pillars.

• Cross-ties

notched into

pillars

Great South

Gate side view

Kamakura Sculpture

NARA BUSSHIor

The Keiha School

Characteristics• Key-- warrior patrons

• Influence of Tempyo period sculpture

• Vivid Realism (portrait sculpture)

• Dramatic (like Hellenistic sculpture)

• Interest in the grotesque

• Moderately fleshy bodies

• Free flowing robes

• Deeply cut carving in drapery

• Influence of Song Chinese sculpture

Jokei

Kaikei

Tankei Koun Koben Unga

Unkei

Kokei

UnjoKosho

Keiha Sculptors(artists we are studying)

Kokei(1152-1197)

Leader of the Nara busshi

(Keiha School of Sculpture)

Fukukenjaku

Kannon-bosatsu

by Kokei

ca. 1189

Nanen-do

(South Octagonal Hall)

Kofuku-ji, Nara

Jokei 1(active late 1100s & early 1200s)

Apprentice to Kokei (Unkei’s father)

Yuima

by

Jokei

(1196)

East kondo

Kofuku-ji

Nara

Nio

(Two Kings)

ungyo

agyo

Kongo-rikishi (agyo)

or

Nio

by Jokei

Kongo-rikishi

(ungyo)orNio by

Jokei

Unkei(died 1223)

Son of Kokei

Miroku Buddha

by

Unkei

(1212)

Kofuku-ji

Nara

Muchaku

• Unkei.

• Realism.

• Crystal eyes.

• Drapery.

Seshin

by

Unkei

Jyoraku-ji

Kamakura

Fudo-myo-o

by

Unkei

Kaikei(died 1226)

Apprentice of Kokei

Hachiman

bosatsu

by

Kaikei

(1201)

Hachiman-den

Todai-ji

Nara

Unkei & Kaikei

Collaboration

Great South Gate

Nandaimon, Todai-ji

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Nio

(ungyo)

Unkei & Kaikei

1203 CE

Nio

(agyo)

Unkei & Kaikei

1203 CE

Nio

ungyo

torso

Nio agyo

torso

Tankei(1173-1256)

Eldest son of Unkei

Altar

1,000 Kannon Images

Sanjusangen-do

Kyoto

Senju

(1,000-armed)

Kannon-bosatsu

Tankei

ca. 1254

Sanjusangen-do

Altar

1,000 Kannon Images

Sanjusangen-do

Kyoto

Nio (The Two Kings)

by

Tankei

Fujin

(The Wind God)

sculptor unknown

Altar

Sanjusangen-do

Kyoto

Rajin

(The Thunder God)

sculptor unknown

Altar

Sanjusangen-do

Kyoto

Koben(active 1198-1215)

Third son of Unkei

Ryutoki

by

Koben

(1215)

Kofuku-ji Museum

Nara

Lamp Bearer Tentoki

by Koben

Tentoki

by

Koben

(1215)

Kofuku-ji Museum

Nara

Kosho(active 1198-1233)

Fourth son of Unkei

The Priest Kuya

by

Kosho

13th century

Rokuharamitsu-ji,

Kyoto

Masterpieces

by

Unknown

Sculptors

Portrait

of

Priest

Chogen

Portrait

of

Minamoto no Yoritomo

Uesugi Shigefusa

Portrait

Bato

(Horse-headed)

Kannon bosatsu

Great

Buddha

at

Kamakura

ca. 1252 CE

Daibutsu

full side

Daibutsu

full below

Daibutsu

face

Daibutsu

moustasq

ue

Daibutsu

folds

Daibutsu

ear

Daibutsu

mudra

Daibutsu

mudra

Daibutsu

mudra &

apples

Kamakura

Painting

Minamoto

no

Yoritomo

attributed to Fujiwara no Takanobu (1179)

(1147-1199)