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) Kokei Jokei Kaikei Unkei 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).