Unkei (d. 1223); Miroku with the Hossō Patriarch Muchaku and Seshin (Maitreya with the Hossō Patriarchs Asanga and Vasubandhu); Kamakura period, dated 1212; North Octagonal Hall, Kōfukuji, Nara.
Samuel C. Morse
Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell Professor, Amherst College
December 13, 2022; 6–7PM
807 Schermerhorn Hall
RSVP: mo2486@columbia.edu
Following the destruction of the great temples of Nara in 1180, a fledgling group of sculptors, which came to be known as the Kei school, was thrust into the center of artistic endeavors in Japan. This lecture is a continuation from a 2020 series that explored the transformative role the Kei school and its successors played in Japanese sculptural practice.