Koyo - Koyo

Japanese: 康誉 - こうよ
Koyo - Koyo
?-? A Buddhist sculptor from the Kamakura-Nanboku-cho period.
In 1326, as the chief sculptor and Hogen of To-ji Temple, he repaired the Nio statues at the Nandaimon Gate and the Niten statues at the Chumon Gate. In 1329, he created the Dainichi Nyorai statue at Henjo-ji Temple in Shimotsuke (Tochigi Prefecture), which he inscribed as "Grandson of the Five Generations of Unkei" and "Hoin." He also created the Nyoirin Kannon statue at Daikozen-ji Temple in Chikuzen (Fukuoka Prefecture).

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
?-? 鎌倉-南北朝時代の仏師。
正中(しょうちゅう)3年(1326)東寺大仏師・法眼として南大門仁王像と中門二天像を修理。貞和(じょうわ)2=正平(しょうへい)元年下野(しもつけ)(栃木県)遍照寺の大日如来像をつくり,「運慶五代の孫」「法印」と銘記している。ほかに筑前(ちくぜん)(福岡県)大興善寺(だいこうぜんじ)如意輪観音像などがある。

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