運慶（東京国立博物館） Unkei (Tokyo National Museum)

今年は、運慶・快慶という鎌倉時代を代表する2人の仏師の特別展が開催された。

春に奈良国立博物館での快慶展に続いて、秋には東京国立博物館で運慶展が行われた。

運慶の今日に伝わっている作品のほとんどが集結するとあって、多くの人が訪れていた。

運慶展という名前になっているが、その父の康慶、運慶の息子たちの作品も展示されていて、運慶一族展、という名前の方が、展覧会の内容をよく表している。

康慶による法相六祖像は、その名の通り六人の高僧の像だが、一人一人の表情が実に豊かで、運慶の作品に勝るとも劣らない、凄い仏像だ。

そして、この展覧会の目玉とも言える、運慶の手になる、興福寺の四天王像と無著・世親像。

広い会場に、この6つの立像が、巨木のように並べられていて、まさに運慶の森、といった雰囲気に圧倒された。

運慶の息子の一人、康弁による龍燈鬼立像は、小鬼が頭の上に燈篭を載せていて、上目遣いにそのバランスをユニークな表情で見つめている。

康慶と運慶の緊張感に満ち溢れた会場の雰囲気を、一気に和らげる微笑ましい、しかし素晴らしい彫刻作品で、当時の時代の雰囲気のようなものが感じられた。

This year, a special exhibition of two Buddhist representatives representing the Kamakura period called Unkei & Kaikei were held.

Following Kaikei exhibition at the Nara National Museum in spring, Unkei exhibition was held at Tokyo National Museum in autumn.

As most of the work being transmitted to today's bell tokens gathered, many people were visiting.

It is named Unkei exhibition, but works by his father, Koukei, the sons of Unike, are also on display, and the name of the birthplace of the birthplace of the birthplace well represents the content of the exhibition.

6 buddha masters by Koukei, as its name suggests, is the statue of the six senior high priests, but each one's expression is quite rich, and it is awesome Buddha statue that is not as bad as the work of Unike.

And it can also be said that this exhibition is the main feature of the exhibition, the statutes of Shitennnou at Kofukuji, which is the hand of Unkei, and the unknown / heralding figure.

In the large venue, these six figures were lined up like big trees, and it was just overwhelmed by the atmosphere of the forest of Unkei.

One of the sons of Uniqing, the dragon daemon standing statue by Kouben is a small demon carrying a lantern on his head, looking at the balance with a unique look on the eyes.

It was a smart, but wonderful sculpture work that softens the atmosphere of the venue full of tensions between Koukei and Unkei, feels like an atmosphere of the era of the time.

(Translated by Google Translate)