Inkaku - Inkaku

Japanese: 院覚 - いんかく

Years of birth: Unknown. A Buddhist sculptor of the In school in the late Heian period. Said to be the son or disciple of Insuke. He is known for his achievements, beginning with the construction of the Amida Buddha statue at the request of the regent Fujiwara Tadazane in 1114, up until around 1136. During this time, he went through a period of misfortune as he was implicated in the downfall of Tadazane in 1120, but returned to the world of Buddhist sculpting with the repair of the Buddhist statue at Hino Shindo in 1127. In the same year, he became a Hokkyo for his achievements in the construction of the Buddha statue at Hokongo-in Temple in Kyoto at the request of Taikenmon-in, and in 1132 he was promoted to the rank of Hogan. After that, he constructed Buddha statues for the imperial court at Hokongo-in Temple, Hojo-ji Temple, Shirakawa-dono, and other places, and established his position as a Buddhist sculptor. The existing seated Amida Buddha statue at Hokongo-in Temple is said to be his work, and shows an elegant style that inherits the true lineage of the Jocho style. <References> Kobayashi Tsuyoshi, "Study on Japanese Sculptors", Shimizu Masumi, "The Life of a Buddhist Sculptor in the Insei Period: Concerning the Buddhist Sculptor Inkaku" (Kyoto National Museum, "Buddhist Statues in the Insei Period: From Jocho to Unkei")

(Kazuharu Asai)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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生年：生没年不詳
平安後期の院派系仏師。院助の子または弟子と伝えられる。永久2(1114)年に関白藤原忠実発願の阿弥陀如来像の造立を担当したのをはじめ,保延2(1136)年ごろまでの事績が知られる。この間,保安1(1120)年の忠実失脚に連座した不遇の時期を経て,大治2(1127)年の日野新堂の仏像修理から造仏界に復帰した。同5年待賢門院が発願した京都・法金剛院の造仏の功で法橋となり,長承1(1132)年には法眼位まで上る。以後,法金剛院や法成寺,白川殿など宮廷関係の造仏を行い,仏師としての地位を確立する。現存する法金剛院の阿弥陀如来坐像は彼の作品とされ,定朝様の正系を受け継ぐ優美な作風を示す。<参考文献>小林剛『日本彫刻作家研究』,清水真澄「院政期における一仏師の生涯―仏師院覚をめぐって―」(京都国立博物館『院政期の仏像―定朝から運慶へ―』)

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