Buddhists of the Heian period

Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)

Japanese poet

12th century samurai

samurai of the late Heian period; the head of the Minamoto clan

samurai

Japanese waka poet

Samurai commander and member of the powerful Minamoto clan

Third ruler of Northern Fujiwara

samurai of mid-Heian period

thumb|Statue of Avalokitesvara|Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokiteśvara in [[Sanjusangen-dō (National Treasure of Japan)]] 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. He was also the teacher, and uncle of the sculptor Kōen, who would collaborate with his works, and would succeed him as head of the Kei School upon his death in 1256.

Samurai and founder of the Hiraizumi or Northern Fujiwara dynasty

Japanese samurai

Japanese military personnel

thumb|Portrait of Mongaku (Tokyo National Museum) Mongaku (文覚) was a Japanese samurai and Shingon Buddhist priest of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. He was a close associate of shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo, having contributed to the declaration of the Genpei War. Myōe was the disciple of his disciple Jōkaku. His secular name, before ordination, was Endō Moritō. He is also known as Mongaku Shōnin.

Japanese noble