In the Kamakura period, the Minamoto clan established the Kamakura shogunate and the samurai class virtually ruled Japan for the first time. Jocho's successors, sculptors of the Kei school of Buddhist statues, created realistic and dynamic statues to suit the tastes of samurai, and Japanese Buddhist sculpture reached its peak. Unkei, Kaikei, and Tankei were famous, and they made many new Buddha statues at many temples such as Kofuku-ji, where many Buddha statues had been lost in wars and fires.Kotobank, Kei school. The Asahi Shimbun.
In the Kamakura period the Minamoto clan established the Kamakura shogunate and the samurai class virtually ruled Japan for the first time Jocho's successors sculptors of the Kei school of Buddhist statues created realistic and dynamic statues to suit the tastes of samurai and Japanese Buddhist sculpture reached its peak Unkei Kaikei and Tankei were famous and they made many new Buddha statues at many temples such as Kofuku-ji where many Buddha statues had been lost in wars and firesKotobank Kei school The Asahi Shimbun