UNKEI

UNKEI

写真家 Munetaka Tokuyama

Photographer Munetaka Tokuyama

グラフィックアーティスト Kaz Oomori

Graphic Artist Kaz Oomori

駅前広場Station Plaza

「運慶800年大遠忌特別企画展」のために生まれた本作は、
特別な許可を得て金剛山勝長寿院大御堂 浄楽寺が所蔵する
貴重な運慶作の仏像を写真とグラフィックアートで融合。
約800年の時を超え、歴史を現代に蘇らせる唯一無二のコラボレーションが実現。
フォトグラファー、グラフィックアーティスト、そして運慶が織りなす
新たな芸術がここに誕生した。

Created for the “Unkei 800th Memorial Special Exhibition”, this work brings to life an unprecedented collaboration. With special permission, photographs of the invaluable Buddhist statues by the master sculptor Unkei, housed at Jorakuji Temple (Kongozan Shorakuin Daimido), are fused with contemporary graphic art.
Spanning over 800 years, this unique project revives history in the present, weaving together the vision of a photographer, a graphic artist, and Unkei himself into a new form of art.

特別協力
金剛山勝長寿院大御堂 浄楽寺

神奈川県横須賀市芦名の浄楽寺は、鎌倉時代初期に和田義盛公夫妻が仏師運慶に仏像を依頼したことに起源する浄土宗のお寺です。仏師・運慶作の阿弥陀三尊像、不動明王像、毘沙門天像の五体すべてが国指定重要文化財。全国で現存する運慶作十八体のうち五体を有する貴重なお寺として知られています。創建から八百年以上の歴史を持ち、今では拝観や文化体験、宿坊「TEMPLESTAY KAN～観～」を通じて、訪れる人が祈りと伝統に触れられる特別な場となっています。

Special Cooperation

Jorakuji, Kongozan Shorakuin Daimido

Located in Ashina, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Jorakuji is a Jodo-sect temple founded in the early Kamakura period by Lord Yoshimori Wada and his wife, who commissioned Buddhist sculptures from the master Unkei. The temple enshrines five statues by Unkei—the Amida Triad, Fudo Myo-o, and Bishamonten—all designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Among the eighteen statues nationwide officially attributed to Unkei, Jorakuji uniquely preserves five, making it a site of immense importance in the history of Buddhist art.
With a history spanning over 800 years, the temple continues to thrive as a place of prayer, cultural experience, and learning. Through temple lodging (TEMPLESTAY KAN Kan), visitors can engage deeply with history, culture, and spiritual tradition.

Munetaka Tokuyama

Munetaka Tokuyama

1999-2013 NYにて広告写真家としてNIKE,REEBOK,UNIQLO等のキャンペーンを手掛ける。
日本へ帰国後、商業写真とは別に時代の流れの中で変わりゆく写真の価値、
表現の可能性を様々な方法を用いながら発表しながらアート領域にも活動の幅を広げる。

From 1999 to 2013, Tokuyama worked in New York as an advertising photographer, producing campaigns for brands such as NIKE, REEBOK, and UNIQLO. After returning to Japan, he expanded his practice into the field of art, presenting works that explore the shifting value of photography and its expressive possibilities through diverse methods.

Kaz Oomori

Kaz Oomori

Walt Disney Company US 公認アーティスト。
広告制作会社でインハウス・イラストレーターを経て渡米。
現在は自身のスタジオ「Tune Grafik」のアートディレクター兼アーティストとして活動し、
米国エージェントPoster Posseに所属。エンターテインメント分野のデザイン
を数多く手掛け、大阪芸術大学デザイン学科教授も務めている。

Officially licensed artist of The Walt Disney Company US. After working as an in-house illustrator at an advertising agency, Oomori moved to the United States and now works as Art Director and Artist at his own studio, Tune Grafik. He is represented by the American agency Poster Posse, producing numerous designs in the entertainment industry. Oomori also serves as Professor in the Department of Design at Osaka University of Arts.