Inpa Buddhist sculptor - Inpa Buddhist sculptor

…This is a school of Buddhist sculptors that was organized in the middle of the Heian period and after. They are called the In school of Buddhist sculptors because they all have the word "In" at the beginning of their names. The first was Insuke, a disciple of Kakusuke. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Inpa Buddhist sculptors" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…平安時代の中ごろ以降組織化された仏師の一派で，名前の頭に〈院〉を冠することから院派仏師と呼ばれている。初代は覚助の弟子院助。…

※「院派仏師」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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