Kouben - Kouben

Japanese: 康弁 - こうべん

A Buddhist sculptor of the correct lineage of the Kei school in the early Kamakura period. Hokkyo Yasuben is the third son of Unkei. Following his father, he and his brother Tankei created the Nio and Niten statues at Kyoogokokuji Temple (around 1198) and the statues at the Hokuen-do Hall of Kofukuji Temple (1208). His representative work is the Tentouki and Ryutouki statues at Kofukuji Temple (national treasure), created in April 1203 (15), which conveys the style of the Kei school.

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Japanese:

鎌倉時代前期の慶派正系の仏師。仏師法橋康弁。運慶の3男。父に従って兄湛慶らと教王護国寺の『仁王・二天像』 (1198頃) ，興福寺北円堂の諸像を造顕 (1208) 。代表作として建保3 (15) 年4月造像の興福寺『天燈鬼・竜燈鬼像』 (国宝) があり，慶派の作風を伝える。

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