Kazari-Buddhist sculptor

...Also, around this time, artisans who painted Buddhist statues, or what we would call Buddhist paintings today, were called e-Busshi, whereas sculptures at that time were often made from wood, so they were also called moku-Busshi. Artisans who made ornamental items were called kazari-Busshi. In the early Heian period, apart from the lineage of artisans who came from government-run workshops, there appeared people such as Eri (852-935), a pure monk who excelled at carving, but after that, sculptors belonging to temples became active....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Tsui Butsushi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…またこのころには絵師のうちで絵にかいた仏像，現在でいう仏画を描く工匠が絵仏師といわれたのに対し，このころの彫刻が木で造られることが多かったので木仏師とも呼ばれている。また荘厳具（しようごんぐ）の製作に当たる工人は餝（かざり）仏師と呼ばれた。平安初期には官営工房から流れ出た工人の系統とは別に，純粋の僧侶で彫刻をよくする会理（えり）(852‐935)のような人物も現れるが，その後は寺院所属の仏師が活躍する。…

※「餝仏師」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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