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Following the destruction wrought upon Nara by fighting and fires during the early stages of the [[Genpei War]], in 1180-1181, Unkei is believed to have sought refuge in Kyoto, joining a temple as a monk. An 1183 copy of the [[Lotus Sutra]] is signed by him. The religious rituals performed during the preparation of this scroll indicate something of Unkei's devotion, and of the types of efforts which went into producing many of his works. The wooden dowels around which the scroll is rolled came from the ruins of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]], burned down in the 1181 [[siege of Nara]]; sacred water from Kyoto-area springs was used for the ink, and monks chanted the Lotus Sutra and engaged in prostrations and other rituals as the lines of the sutra were being copied.<ref name=morse28/>

Following the destruction wrought upon Nara by fighting and fires during the early stages of the [[Genpei War]], in 1180-1181, Unkei is believed to have sought refuge in Kyoto, joining a temple as a monk. An 1183 copy of the [[Lotus Sutra]] is signed by him. The religious rituals performed during the preparation of this scroll indicate something of Unkei's devotion, and of the types of efforts which went into producing many of his works. The wooden dowels around which the scroll is rolled came from the ruins of [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]], burned down in the 1181 [[siege of Nara]]; sacred water from Kyoto-area springs was used for the ink, and monks chanted the Lotus Sutra and engaged in prostrations and other rituals as the lines of the sutra were being copied.<ref name=morse28/>

Immediately following the end of the Genpei War, as Kôkei, Kaikei, and others engaged in repairing and rebuilding the chief temples of Nara, Unkei journeyed to Kamakura, where he may have produced works for [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and his newly-established shogunate. In 1186, Unkei received a commission from [[Hojo no Tokimasa|Hôjô no Tokimasa]], and produced images of [[Amida]], [[Bishamonten]], [[Fudo|Fudô]], [[Seitaka]], and [[Kongara]] for Tokimasa's tutelary temple, the [[Ganjoju-in|Ganjôju-in]] in Izu. Three years later, he produced a similar set of images - an Amida, two bodhisattvas, a Bishamonten, and a Fudô - for the [[Joraku-ji|Jôraku-ji]] near Kamakura, at the request of [[Wada no Yoshimori]].<ref>Morse. pp29-30.</ref>

Immediately following the end of the Genpei War, as Kôkei, Kaikei, and others engaged in repairing and rebuilding the chief temples of Nara, Unkei journeyed to Kamakura, where he may have produced works for [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and his newly-established shogunate. In 1186, Unkei received a commission from [[Hojo no Tokimasa|Hôjô no Tokimasa]], and produced images of [[Amida]], [[Bishamonten]], [[Fudo|Fudô]], [[Seitaka]], and [[Kongara]] for Tokimasa's tutelary temple, the [[Ganjoju-in|Ganjôju-in]] in Izu. Three years later, he produced a similar set of images - an Amida, two bodhisattvas, a Bishamonten, and a Fudô - for the [[Joraku-ji|Jôraku-ji]] near Kamakura, at the request of [[Wada Yoshimori]].<ref>Morse. pp29-30.</ref>

In [[1193]], Unkei was then commissioned by [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]] to produce a number of images for a sanctuary Yoshitane established near what is today [[Ashikaga city]], [[Tochigi prefecture]], for his advisor [[Rishin]], which would in 1196 be formally founded as a temple by the name of [[Banna-ji]]. Among other works created at this time were two statues of Dainichi which have garnered much attention from the media and scholarship in recent years.<ref>Morse. p31.</ref>

In [[1193]], Unkei was then commissioned by [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]] to produce a number of images for a sanctuary Yoshitane established near what is today [[Ashikaga city]], [[Tochigi prefecture]], for his advisor [[Rishin]], which would in 1196 be formally founded as a temple by the name of [[Banna-ji]]. Among other works created at this time were two statues of Dainichi which have garnered much attention from the media and scholarship in recent years.<ref>Morse. p31.</ref>