| Project/Area Number |
17320122
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKAMURA Hidenori Kyoto University, Institute for Research in Humanities, Professor (20183246)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SOFUKAWA Hiroshi KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Institute for Research in Humanities, Professor (90027558)
YOSHII Hideo KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Letters, Associate Professor (90252410)
FUJII Noriyuki KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Institute for Research in Humanities, Research Associate (50335238)
MUKAI Yusuke KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Institute for Research in Humanities, Research Associate (50452298)
HISHIDA Tetsuro Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Lettebs, Associate Professor (20183577)
今井 晃樹 奈良文化財研究所, 研究員 (60359445)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥14,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥6,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000)
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| Keywords | Yungang Caves / Buddhist cave-temples / Northern Wei dynasty / Yonggu Mausoleum / Siyuan Monastery / antefixa / Far Eastern Archaeological Society / plaster figures / ガンダーラ / 舎利 / 考古学 / 水経注 / 山西省大同市 / 平城遺跡 / 遼金 / 東亜考古学会 / 五胡十六国 |
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| Research Abstract |
The Yungang Caves, located near the city of Datong in Shanxi province in China, are a group of Buddhist cave-temples excavated in the latter half of the fifth century by the Northern Wei dynasty. Between 1938 and 1944, the Research Institute of Oriental carried out investigations of the Yungang Caves and neighbouring sites.
The Yonggu Mausoleum at Fangshan was constructed in 481-484, and the Siyuan Monastery had been built before 479. The Mission of the Far Eastern Archaeological Society surveyed these sites in 1939, and collected the artifacts such as tiles, plaster and stone figures that had been kept in Tokyo University in a virtually unsorted state.
Following the observation of artifacts collected from the Yungang Caves and neighboring sites including the mausolea at Fangshan we set about researching on them, and as a result we obtained much new and important information about the mausolea complex and the art styles then existing.
The art styles of the antefixa with a lotus motif showing the upper part of the body of reborn child, the massive plaster figures and circular palmettes with intertwining arabesque patterns carved in stone that were found at Fangshan reveal characteristics that are slightly newer than the style of Yunggang Caves VII-VIII, and they bear a closer resemblance to Caves IX-X. This means that Caves IX-X may be dated to the latter part of the 480s, slightly after the construction of the Yonggu Mausoleum at Fangshan, as we maintained in YUN-GANG, Artifacts(2006).
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