Unkei
c. 1150–1224
Japanese Buddhist sculptor of the Kamakura period.
- Known as
- Sculptor
- Category
- Artists
- Born
- c. 1150, Kansai region
- Died
- 1224, Kansai region
Alive at the same time as Unkei
- Jayavarman VII c. 1122–c. 1218, king
- Eleanor of Aquitaine c. 1122–1204, queen
- Al-Jazari 1136–1206, engineer
- Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141–1209, poet
- Attar of Nishapur c. 1145–c. 1221, poet
- Hojo Masako 1157–1225, political figure
- Tomoe Gozen c. 1157–c. 1247, military leader
- Pope Innocent III c. 1161–1216, pope
- Genghis Khan c. 1162–1227, ruler
- Gebre Meskel Lalibela c. 1162–c. 1221, king
- Ibn Arabi 1165–1240, philosopher
- Leonardo Fibonacci c. 1170–c. 1250, mathematician
Portrait: Nara National Museum 奈良帝室博物館 (Showa 8 - 1933), Public domain.