Virupaksa and Toshimitsu

▲ 和歌山県金剛峯寺にある四天王で、快慶作の『広目天立像』模写。口許と額を隠せばモスゴジと同じ顔つきになる。利光が奈良仏師に憧れたかどうかは不明だが、内から外に向けてはち切れんばかりに張り詰めた量感や、男性的な彫刻表現に見られる同じ肉どりの頰、眉間、顎の共通には驚かされる。余談だが、同じ快慶の『深沙大将立像』(京都金剛院)は、バラゴンそっくりである。

▲ A copy of Kaikei’s “Virupaksa Standing Statue,” one of the Four Heavenly Kings at Kongobuji Temple in Wakayama Prefecture. If you hide the mouth and forehead, it has the same face as MosuGoji. It is unknown whether Toshimitsu admired the Nara Buddhist sculptor, but the statue looks from the inside to the outside. I am amazed at the bulging volume and the same fleshy cheeks, between the eyebrows, and chins that are seen in the masculine sculptures. As a side note, I am surprised by the same fleshy cheeks, between the eyebrows, and the chin. It looks exactly like Baragon.

Source: 絶対ゴジラ, p 61