立体六道輪廻図
“Three-Dimensional Wheel of the Six Realms of Rebirth”
大佛師 奥西希生
Master Buddhist Sculptor Kishou Okunishi
20年彫刻とは2025年から2045年の20年間で制作する
横４ｍ×高５ｍ×奥２ｍの巨大彫刻の下絵図。
1000 年をかけて彫刻で埋め尽くされた巨大な建造物を建立すること
を目標としている「千年彫刻」。
その中心となる最初の彫刻が 20 年で創造する「立体六道輪廻図」。
高さ 5m を超える巨大彫刻で 「六道輪廻図」を題材としている。
六道輪廻図(ろうどうりんねず)とは全ての生物がその業によって転生し
続ける6つの世界を表した円形の図。
6つの世界には 6 体の観音像が存在しており、その中の1体は神奈川県鎌倉市内ですでに
完成している。
Millennium Sculpture Project
As part of a thousand-year vision to create an immense architectural structure enveloped in sculpture, the first central work is the “Three-Dimensional Wheel of the Six Realms of Rebirth (Rittai Rokudō Rinnezu)”, produced from 2025 to 2045.
This five-meter-high sculpture represents the eternal cycle of transmigration through six realms, as depicted in the traditional Rokudō Rinnezu. Within each realm, six manifestations of Kannon appear—one of which has already been completed in Kamakura, Kanagawa.
立体六道輪廻図
“Three-Dimensional Wheel of the Six Realms of Rebirth”
仕様 / Specifications
インスタレーション、2690 x 2640mm
Installation, 2690 x 2640 mm
奥西希生
Kishou Okunishi
その技術や知識を活かして「仏像の制作修復」「美術彫刻の制作」を中心に活動。
彫刻家としての活動と同時に、鎌倉～室町時代に活躍し伝承の途絶えていた「鎌倉仏師」の
復興を掲げ古典技術「土紋」を復興させる。
令和二年に鎌倉仏師復興の旗印となる「土紋仏」を約650年ぶりに造立開眼し「鎌倉仏師」として
「文化財を守る」仕事と並行して「未来の文化財を新しく創る」為の事業「千年彫刻」を設立。
Born into a family of artisans spanning generations, he was raised from childhood alongside the crafts of wood carving and lacquer art.
Drawing on these skills and knowledge, his work has centered on the creation and restoration of Buddhist statues as well as the production of fine art sculptures.
Alongside his career as a sculptor, he has dedicated himself to reviving the tradition of the Kamakura Buddhist sculptors—masters active from the Kamakura to the Muromachi periods whose lineage had long been lost—by restoring the classical technique known as Donmon.
In 2020, he created and consecrated the first Donmon Buddha in approximately 650 years, establishing himself as a modern “Kamakura Buddhist sculptor.” In parallel with his work to preserve cultural heritage, he also founded the Millennium Sculpture Project, an undertaking to create new cultural assets for the future.