Kōben
康弁
Artist
Buddhist sculptor, a son of Unkei1. His standing demon Ryūtōki at Kōfukuji shows his father’s realism; he may have used a wrestler as his model2. Kobayashi 1954, “all the six of his sons worked in collaboration in the construction: Tankei, Koun, Koben, Kosho, Unga, Unjo”. ↩ TNM, Unkei 2017, “Unkei’s influence is more readily apparent in the standing image of the demon Ryutoki (No.35), whose realistically rendered musculature suggests that its sculptor, Koben, may well have used an actual wrestler as his model”. ↩ Literatur Kobayashi 1954: Takeshi Kobayashi, Study on the Life and Works of Unkei. English Summary, (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Monograph No. 1), Tenri 1954. TNM, Unkei 2017: UNKEI – The Great Master of Buddhist Sculpture (special exhibition, 2017), in: Tokyo National Museum, Exhibitions (2017), https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=1861&lang=en (zuletzt abgerufen am 28.10.2026).