Unkei (active circa 1150-1223) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school and the most celebrated figure of Kamakura-period Buddhist statuary, credited with a new realism in wood sculpture that broke from the more stylized conventions of earlier Heian-period work. His best known works include the towering Kongo Rikishi guardian figures at Todai-ji, completed in 1203, and the strikingly lifelike rakan figures Muchaku and Seshin at Kofuku-ji, carved around 1212.
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He specialized in statues of the Buddha and other important Buddhist figures.
Wikidata: Unkei
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