Namaste: Realistic RadhikaThe three Japanese artists Unkei, Taiga and Yoshitoshi were all unique artists during their respective periods. The taiga dates from the Edo period. He used the literary style, cultivated with a Chinese interest in ideals. Taiga created portraits on different formats such as fans, screens and hanging scrolls. All of his portraits seemed to involve an individual in a natural landscape. Yoshitoshi was from the Meiji period. He was known for his woodcuts. Most of his paintings involved warriors and cartoon-like actors. His work begins with a sketch, then he gradually uses woodcuts to create the final image. Some of his works are gory, while others are based on beauty. Unkei was from the Kamakura period. He was known for producing works with more realistic and vigorous expressions. Unkei made three-dimensional wooden sculptures using the yosegi technique or piece block method where pieces of wood were glued together and incorporated a dynamic expression that had a sense of power. He was a Buddhist monk devoted to Buddhism. As a result, most of his portraits contained Buddhist ideals. During the Kamakura period, the rise of the samurai occurred, which influenced portraits to be more dynamic or powerful. Unkei was known for demonstrating his knowledge of human anatomy by making characters human-like. Sometimes he would exaggerate features such as muscles to show power and strength. When I was young, I stood quietly in front of my parents' bed. My father would wake up and see my eyes staring at him in the dark. It reminded me of the artist Unkei with his gyokugan eyes, which are crystal eyes visible even with a candle; thus, it imm...... middle of paper ......l images. That said, Unkei would be the best artist among the three artists to paint my portrait because I would like to have a three-dimensional sculpture with realistic qualities and some aspects of my culture that are related to Buddhism.BibliographyKinoshita, Kyoko. Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran, Japanese brush masters. By Felice Fischer. New Have and London: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007. 129+. Web.Mason, Penelope E. and Donald Dinwiddie. History of Japanese art. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. Print.Morse, Samuel C. "Impressions: Revealing the Invisible: Master Carver Unkei and the Meaning of Dedicatory Objects in Kamakura Period Sculpture." » The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 31 (2010): 24-41. Internet. May 12, 2014.Stevenson, John. The Strange Tales of Yoshitoshi. Amsterdam: Hotei, 2005. 84+. Web.