Good Faction - Zenpa

Japanese: 善派 - ぜんぱ

A school of Buddhist sculptors who were active in creating statues mainly in Nara from the early to mid-Kamakura period. They are so named because their names included the character "zen" (zen), such as Zenen (years of birth and death unknown) and Zenkei (?-1257). This school seems to have had a close relationship with Eison, who restored Saidaiji Temple, and statues at Saidaiji, such as the statue of Aizen Myoo made by Zenen and the standing statue of Shaka Nyorai made by Zenkei, were made at Eison's request, and Zenkei's son Zenharu (years of birth and death unknown) created a statue of Eison at the age of 80 (1280). As Nara Buddhist sculptors, they show a style connected to the Kei school, but they are somewhat different and also show a style that could be said to be a vestige of Fujiwara sculpture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鎌倉初期から中期にかけて奈良を中心に造像活動を行った仏師の一派。善円(生没年不詳)，善慶(？‐1257)など善の一字を付した名の人物たちなのでこうよばれている。この一派は西大寺中興の叡尊と深い関係があったらしく，善円作の愛染明王像，善慶作の釈迦如来立像など西大寺の像は叡尊の発願で造立され，善慶の子善春(生没年不詳)は80歳の叡尊像(1280)を製作している。同じ奈良仏師として慶派につながる作風を示しながらも多少異なっており，藤原彫刻の名残ともいうべき風をも見せている。

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