Kasyapa or Jiayezunzhe was one of Sakyamuni's ten disciples. After his master's death, Kasyapa was given his robes to wear as he countinued to teach and spread Buddhism in preparation for the coming of the future Buddha, Maitreya.

For related representations of Kasyapa see those in the Chang Foundation, Taibei, illustrated in Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, figs. 68 and 69