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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"
Although most are wooden, 12 entries in the list are bronze, 11 are lacquer, 7 are made of clay and 1 entry, the Usuki Stone Buddhas, is a stone sculpture. Typically hinoki, Japanese nutmeg, sandalwood and camphorwood were the woods used for the wooden sculptures. Wooden sculptures were often lacquered or covered with gold-leaf.
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]
The last time they were on display was from January 2 to April 17, 2016, in Room 11 of the Honkan (Japanese Gallery) (only three of the figures, the Snake, Dog and Monkey Generals). [3] [4] The remaining seven sculptures from the set of twelve are owned by the Seikadō Bunko Art Museum in Setagaya, Tokyo. [2]
Japon Louvre Sculpture Museum (ルーブル彫刻美術館, Rūburu Chōkoku Bijutsukan) opened in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan in 1987.The collection comprises some 1,300 replicas of famous statues from the Louvre—as agreed with then director Hubert Landais [] —and other collections, and includes those of the Venus de Milo, Winged Victory of Samothrace, Apollo Belvedere, Townley Discobolus ...
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.
Pages in category "Japanese sculpture" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...