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In homage to the Kongō Rikishi—the mighty guardian of the Great South Gate of Tōdai-ji—this reinterpretation envisions the divine sentinel through the lens of European classicism.
Inspired by the grandeur of French baroque sculpture, the form radiates both divine wrath and sacred beauty.
Just as Unkei and Kaikei sculpted the original in only sixty-nine days in the year 1203, this piece seeks to capture that same surge of creative fervor, transposed into the language of marble and light.
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