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Iconographic study of sacred beasts in Chinese Buddhism - special reference to dragon and lion -

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K02328
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Fine art history
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

SHIMONO Akiko  早稲田大学, 會津八一記念博物館, 主任研究員(研究院准教授) (90386714)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords美術史 / 中国 / 仏教図像 / 龍 / 獅子 / 馬 / 霊獣 / 敦煌 / 華原磬 / 仏教美術
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The greatest achievement is in the iconography of horses. In the Chinese Buddhist art, Prince Siddhartha’s horse Kanthaka and the “treasure horse,” one of the seven treasures possessed by a wheel-turning sage king, are depicted as a white horse with a red tail and mane. However, while Chinese translations of Buddhist texts describe Kanthaka as a white horse, there is no mention of the color of the horse’s mane or tail. As for the treasure horse, it is alternatively described as a “blue treasure horse,” and so was not a white horse to begin with. In the Shanhai jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), the divine horse Jiliang is described as having a “white body and red mane.” This iconography came to be appropriated by Buddhism in the period of Northern dynasties, gradually penetrated in Tang dynasty.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

インドで生まれた仏教は、美術とともにアジア各地に伝播したが、各地域でその地の文化・思想と交わり、それぞれ異なる発展を遂げていった。本研究の成果は、ごく一部ではあるが「仏教美術の中国的展開」という大きな流れの一端を明らかにすることができた。わが国の美術も中国仏教美術の大きな影響下に形成されているため、その解明にも資することが期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 中国仏教における「白馬朱鬣」2020

    • Author(s)
      下野玲子
    • Journal Title

      仏教芸術

      Volume: 4 Pages: 33-50

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 唐代弥勒菩薩像の一表現──袈裟を着ける菩薩──2018

    • Author(s)
      下野玲子
    • Organizer
      早稲田大学美術史学会総会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] アジア仏教美術論集 東アジアⅡ(隋・唐)2019

    • Author(s)
      肥田路美,藤岡穣,于春,大島幸代,下野玲子,八木春生,ミシェル・C・ワン,長岡龍作,田中健一,久野美樹,倉本尚徳,顔娟英,大西磨希子, 冉万里,濱田瑞美,稲本泰生, 沙武田,加島勝,三田覚之
    • Total Pages
      626
    • Publisher
      中央公論美術出版
    • ISBN
      9784805511312
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 早稲田大学リポジトリ 早稲田大学會津八一記念博物館研究紀要19

    • URL

      https://waseda.repo.nii.ac.jp/index.php?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_snippet&index_id=2860&pn=1&count=20&order=7&lang=japanese&page_id=13&block_id=21

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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