Japanese sculpture
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Sculpture in Japan began with the clay figure. Towards the end of the long Neolithic Jōmon period, "flame-rimmed" pottery vessels had sculptural extensions to the rim, and very stylized pottery dogū f
Tamonten in Tōdai-ji, Wood, Edo period
Dogū, or statuette in the late Jōmon period
'Flame-style' vessel, Neolithic Jōmon period; c. 2750 BCE; earthenware with carved and applied decoration; height: 61 cm, diameter: 55.8 cm
Dogū with "snow-goggle" eyes, 1000–400 BCE
Unkei
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Unkei was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He specialized in statues of the Buddha and other important Buddhist figures. Unkei's early works are fairly t
Unkei in the guise of a monk.
Agyō, Tōdai-ji, with Kaikei and 13 assistant sculptors. 1203. National Treasure
Dainichi Nyorai at Enjō-ji, 1176, National Treasure
Muchaku at Kōfuku-ji, 1212, National Treasure