peoplepill id: tankei
T
Japan
1 views today
1 views this week
Tankei
Japanese sculptor

Tankei

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Japanese sculptor
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

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.

Famous Works

  • 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.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Tankei is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Tankei
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes