Kaikei
快慶
Artist
Buddhist sculptor, a colleague of Unkei, with whom he made the two colossal guardians of the South Gate of Tōdaiji in 1203; also known as An-amida-butsu1. His refined, serene style differs from Unkei’s dramatic one2. Kobayashi 1954, “which Unkei made in collaboration with Kaikei and 16 artisans” · “Kaikei, who is rather famous in his alias, An-amida-butsu”. ↩ TNM, Unkei 2017, “this image evokes Kaikei’s refined and serene style more strongly than Unkei’s powerful and dramatic approach”. ↩ 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).