Kaikei
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Hyōka kakuron
- Kaikei riron
- Genka keisan
- Kaikei kansa
- Kōgyō kaikei
via Open Library + Wikidata
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1183–1236
- Nationality
- JP
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 7 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Movement
- Kei school
- Image
- Kaikei ZIZO BOSATSU KSITIGARBHA.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kaikei
- name in native language
- 快慶
- date of birth
- 1150-01-01
- date of death
- 1250-01-01
- name in kana
- かいけい
- time of earliest written record
- 1183-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- Commons Creator page
- Kaikei
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Primary work
- Attributed or Alleged Work
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was a Japanese Busshi (sculptor of Buddha statue) of the Kamakura period, known alongside Unkei. Because many busshi of the school have a name including kei (慶), his school is called Kei-ha (Kei school). Kaikei being also called , his style is called and is known to be intelligent, pictorial and delicate. Most of his works have a height of about three shaku, and there are many of his works in existence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaikei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.