The Architect of the Kei School Nara, 1188. The air is thick with the dust of reconstruction. Inside the temples of Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji, Kōkei moves through a landscape of wood and chisel. He is not merely a sculptor; he is an organizer, a man commanding teams of disciples and assistants to rebuild what fire had taken. As the head of the emerging Kei school, his hands guide the transition from the ethereal stillness of the He…