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Feb 11, 2011 · Despite its enigmatic and paradoxical quality, this typically Zen-like admonition nevertheless manages to sum up the career of Tsuji (1910-1981), an important Japanese sculptor whose centenary is...
Aug 6, 2021 · Founded in the earliest days of the capital, it has long served followers of Jōdo Shinshū. Visitors today can also sample secular delights at a fashionable café and browse titles at a...
- Chōgen and The Rebuilding of Tōdai-ji in The Kamakura Era
- Kei School of Sculpture
- Ecology, Craftsmanship, and Early Buddhist Art in Japan
The Genpei Civil War (1180–85) saw countless temples destroyed as Buddhist clergy took sides in clan warfare. Japan’s principal temple Tōdai-ji sided with the eventually victorious Minamoto clan but was burned by the soon-to-be defeated Taira clan in 1180. The destruction of this revered Temple shocked Japan. At the war’s end, the reconstruction of...
The large scale rebuilding after the Genpei Civil War created a multitude of commissions for builders, carpenters and sculptors. This concentration of talent led to the emergence of the Kei School of Ssculpture—considered by many to be the peak of Japanese sculpture. Noted for its austere realism and the dynamic muscularity of its figures, the Kei ...
The grand Buddhist architectural and sculptural projects of early Japan share a common material—wood—and are thus closely linked to the natural environment and to the long history of wood craftsmanship in Japan. When Korean craftsmen brought Buddhist temple architecture to Japan in the sixth century, Japanese carpenters were already using complex w...
The Great Buddha statue has been recast several times for various reasons, including earthquake damage. The current hands of the statue were made in the Momoyama Period (1568–1615), and the head was made in the Edo period (1615–1867).
Built to house the world’s largest Buddha, it is a masterpiece of wooden architecture. Many of the criss-crossing beams are positioned without nails. In addition to the Buddha there are towering 30-foot-high wooden statues of warriors and gods.
This jizo statue is said to be built in 1538, way back in Japan's feudal days. It is an incarnation of Enma Daio, the Buddhist being that judges all who enter hell; when the statue was being hauled from the old Namba shorefront, it suddenly became unbearably heavy, and the carrier was unable to proceed another step.
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May 31, 2017 · The temple has a 500-ton sculpture of the Buddha, best known in Japan as the Nara Daibutsu, which is the largest bronze statue in the world, housed in the largest wooden building in the world. Todaiji is also home to thousands of precious art objects and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
