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Kōshō

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style of Buddhist sculpture

  • Hokusai: The Breaking Wave off Kanagawa
    In Japanese art: Sculpture

    The sculpture by Unkei’s son Kōshō (died 1237) of Kūya, the rugged old mendicant who advocated the unceasing repetition of the nembutsu prayer, is depicted realistically as determined and gnarly but with the fantastic grace note of a string of small Amida figures emerging from his mouth—a literal representation of…

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