Buddhist sculptor genealogy - BUSHIKEISU

Japanese: 仏師系図 - ぶっしけいず

The term literally means the genealogy of a family whose occupation was the making of Buddhist statues, but in art history it refers to the chronological genealogy of the Kei school, whose founder was Jocho, who was active in the mid-Heian period, and the legitimate lineage of wooden Buddhist sculptors of the Shichijo Buddha Shop, and of people of similar rank. There are also lineages of the In school and En school that also trace their origins to Jocho, but these have not been handed down. The following are some of the genealogies of the Shichijo Buddha Shop that are currently known and published: (1) Bokusui Iko A This is included in volume 3 of Bokusui Iko, compiled by Kurokawa Shunson, and is said to have been handed down from the Shichijo Buddha Shop, and includes up to the 24th generation, Yasuju.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

語義からすれば仏像製作を職業とする家の系譜であるが，美術史の上では平安時代中期に活躍した定朝を始祖とした慶派，七条仏所の木仏師の正系およびそれに準ずる人々の家系を順序に従って系譜としたものをさす。定朝を始祖とする点では院派，円派という家系もあるが，伝わっていない。現在知られ，刊本とされている七条仏所の系図としては次のようなものがある。(1)墨水遺稿A本　黒川春村の編纂になる《墨水遺稿》の巻三に収録されているもので，七条中仏所伝来と伝え，24代康住までを載せる。

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