Fan Daosheng - Fan Daosheng

A Buddhist sculptor from Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China, who came to Japan in the early Edo period. His pen name was Sekiho or Seal Officer. He was invited by the Ming monk Ingen Ryuki to visit Uji when Obakusan Manpuku-ji Temple was being built, and he came to Japan in 1659 (Manji 2). He created Buddha statues at Fukusai-ji Temple and Kofuku-ji Temple in Nagasaki, and from around 1663 (Kanbun 3) he was responsible for most of the statues at Manpuku-ji Temple, including Shaka, Anan, Kasyapa, and the Eighteen Arhats in the Buddha Hall of the temple. His style had a strong late Ming style, and as a novelty it spread for a time among Buddhist sculptors, but it did not have a major impact. He returned to Japan in 1664, and came again in September 1670, but was not allowed to enter the country, and died in Nagasaki on November 3 of the same year. His grave is at Sofukuji Temple.

[Akio Sato]

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江戸前期に来日した中国福建省泉州の仏師。字(あざな)は石甫(せきほ)または印官。明(みん)僧の隠元隆琦(いんげんりゅうき)が宇治に黄檗山(おうばくさん)万福寺を造営の際に招き、1659年（万治2）来日した。長崎の福済寺、興福寺で造仏し、1663年（寛文3）ごろから万福寺仏殿の釈迦(しゃか)、阿難(あなん)、迦葉(かしょう)、十八羅漢をはじめ、同寺の彫像のほとんどを手がけた。作風は明末の癖が強く、目新しさから仏師間にも一時広まったが、大きな影響はなかった。1664年にいったん帰国し、1670年9月ふたたび来日したが、入国を許されず、同年11月3日長崎で没した。崇福寺に墓がある。

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