Transom panels (ramma) from the Phoenix Pavilion (Hōōden)
Takamura Kо̄un
1893
Medium
Wood with polychrome
Dimensions
95 × 280 × 20 cm (37 1/4 × 110 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
wood
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
196169
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Takamura Kо̄un · 1852–1934
Takamura Kōun (March 8, 1852–October 10, 1934) was a leading Japanese sculptor who modernized traditional wood carving by blending Buddhist sculptural techniques with Western-inspired realism. Born Nakajima Kōzō in Asakusa, Edo (present-day Tokyo), he was the second son of a small-scale merchant. At age eleven in 1863, he was apprenticed to the Edo-style Buddhist sculptor Takamura Tōun rather than...