His first reference on historical material concerned his involvement in working with Unkei and other sculptors, on the statue of Kongo Rikishi (Nio) at Nandaimon gate of To-ji Temple during 1197 and 1198, but the statue does not existent any more. 建久8 - 9年(1197 - 1198年)、東寺南大門の金剛力士(仁王)像(現存せず)の造立に運慶らとともに携わったのが、史料上の初見である。 |