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Tankei
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Tankei

Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
Tankei (湛慶 1173 – June 13, 1256) was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and eldest son of the master sculptor Unkei.

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