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Unkei

1151 - 1223

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Unkei (Japanese: 運慶; c. 1150 – 1223) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He specialized in statues of the Buddha and other important Buddhist figures. Unkei's early works are fairly traditional, similar in style to pieces by his father, Kōkei. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Unkei has received more than 93,918 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Unkei is the 1,464th most popular painter (down from 1,261st in 2019), the 1,056th most popular biography from Japan (down from 938th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Japanese Painter.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Unkei ranks 1,464 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonin Mercié, Leon Wyczółkowski, Grigory Gagarin, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, James Rosenquist, and Marie Vassilieff. After him are Giuseppe De Nittis, Nikifor, Louis Hersent, William Orpen, Ivan Aguéli, and Lygia Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1151, Unkei ranks 6. Before him are Alix of France, Igor Svyatoslavich, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Agnes of Austria, and Prince Mochihito.  Among people deceased in 1223, Unkei ranks 11. Before him are George IV of Georgia, Margaret of Hungary, Ada, Countess of Holland, Sancho, Count of Provence, Mstislav III of Kiev, and Wincenty Kadłubek.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Unkei ranks 1,056 out of 6,245. Before him are Teruo Nimura (1943), Norio Wakamoto (1945), Akira Miyawaki (1928), Takeshi Okada (1956), Shizuo Miyama (null), and Ichirō Ozawa (1942). After him are So Yamamura (1910), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), and Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Unkei ranks 26. Before him are On Kawara (1932), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), and Hiroshi Yoshida (1876). After him are Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Uemura Shōen (1875), Ogata Kenzan (1663), Hashimoto Gahō (1835), and Keiji Inafune (1965).

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