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 BUSSHI or
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 Keiha Sculptors (artists we are studying)
Tankei Koun Koben Kosho Unga Unjo
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 Fudo-myo-o
by Unkei
Jyoraku-ji Kamakura 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 QuickTime™ and a DV/DVCPRO - NTSC decompressor are needed to see this picture. 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 (1147-1199) attributed to Fujiwara no Takanobu (1179)