Kaikei is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names with the biographical note: Japanese sculptor, active 1183-1223. The Getty record lists his role as sculptor and gives the alternate name An Amida Butsu. The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists him as Japanese, active 1183 to 1223 and holds Jizo, Bodhisattva of the Earth Store, a sculpture of about 1202. The Getty record carries 2 name forms and the identifier 500121376. In this atlas he is linked as the maker of that work in the museum's collection.
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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Kaikei (Japanese sculptor, active 1183-1223)
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"artistDisplayName": "Kaikei"
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Kaikei (Japanese sculptor, active 1183-1223)
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Kaikei (Japanese sculptor, active 1183-1223)
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Kaikei (快慶) was a Japanese Busshi (sculptor of Buddha statue) of the Kamakura period, known alongside Unkei.
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