Tankei
Illustration — Statue of Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara in Sanjusangen-dō (National Treasure of Japan) Tankei (湛慶 1173 – June 13, 1256) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and eldest son of the master sculptor Unkei. He was also the teacher, and uncle of the sculptor Kōen, who would collaborate with his works, and would succeed him as head of the Kei School upon his death in 1256.
Tankei
国史大図鑑編輯所編『国史大図鑑 第2巻』吉川弘文館、1932年5月20日。 National Diet Library Digital Collections: Persistent ID 1920412 · Public domain
- Born
- 1173
- Died
- 1256
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- busshi · sculptor
- Movements
- Kei school
- Known for
- Seated Statue of Senju Kannon
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Illustration — Statue of Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara in Sanjusangen-dō (National Treasure of Japan) Tankei (湛慶 1173 – June 13, 1256) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and eldest son of the master sculptor Unkei. He was also the teacher, and uncle of the sculptor Kōen, who would collaborate with his works, and would succeed him as head of the Kei School upon his death in 1256.
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• Statue of Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara in the temple known as Sanjusangen-dō in Kyoto. • The statue of Ugyō, one of the Niō guardians at the Nandaimon in front of the temple Tōdai-ji in Nara, with Jōkaku and 12 assistant sculptors.
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1173
Tankei born.
1256
Tankei died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1149072547, Tankei.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121401, Tankei.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2668015: Tankei
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• Hiromichi Soejima, « Japan, §V: Sculpture > (iv) Kamakura period (1185–1333) » [archive], Oxford Art Online, université d’Oxford. Consulté le 3 août 2012 • Hisashi Mōri, Sculpture of the Kamakura period, vol. 11, Weatherhill, coll. « Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art », 1974, p. 70 • Victor Harris et Ken Matsushima, Kamakura: the renaissance of Japanese sculpture 1185–1333, British Museum Press, 2010, p. 36-37
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- 1.Im Besitz des Myōhō-in in Kioto.
- 2.Hōgen ( ) ist eine Auszeichnung ursprünglich für Priester, dann aber auch für Künstler, Wissenschaftler u. a. – Hōin ( ) ist eine höhere Stufe.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1149072547, Tankei.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121401, Tankei.The Getty Research Institute
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