A Study of Central Asian Paintings of Meditating Monks Using Infrared Pictures

• Project/Area Number: 19520054
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture
• Principal Investigator: YAMABE Nobuyoshi Tokyo University of Agriculture, 農学部, 教授 (40222377)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
• Keywords: 仏教学 / 美術史 / 石窟 / 壁画 / 新彊 / 観経変相 / 報恩経変相 / 禅観 / 赤外線写真

Research Abstract

中央アジアの禅観僧壁画に対して, 可視光カットフィルターを用いた撮影を試み, 壁画に対する赤外線写真の有効性を確認した. また, 敦煌における観経変相の『観無量寿経』からの乖離の問題に関する考察を進め, 当時の絵画作製状況の一端を明らかにした. さらに, 石窟の用途に関する考察を行い, 小側室を伴い禅観僧の壁画をもつ石窟のすべてが禅定窟とは必ずしも言い切れないことに注意を喚起した.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The Paths of Sravakas and Bodhisattvas in Meditative Practices (2009)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Journal Title: Acta Asiatica 96 Pages: 47-75
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transformation Tableaux "Based on" the Amitayus Visualization Sutra (2008)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Journal Title: Their Deviations from the Text, Kristi 1 Pages: 1-31
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Transformation Tableaux “Based on" the Amitayus Visualization Sutra : Their Deviations from the Text (2008)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Journal Title: Kristi 1 Pages: 1-31
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Indian Myth Transformed in a Chinese Apocryphal Text (2009)
  • Author(s): N o buy osh i Yam abe
  • Organizer: Conference "Indian Mythology and the Chinese Imagination"
  • Place of Presentation: テルアビブ大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-25
• [Presentation] Indian Myth Transformed in a Chinese Apocryphal Text (2009)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yaraabe
  • Organizer: Indian Mythology and the Chinese Imagination
  • Place of Presentation: テルアビブ大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-25
• [Presentation] A Comparison of the Transformation Tableaux on the Amitayus Visualization Sutra and on the Favor Repayment Sutra (2008)
  • Author(s): Nob uyo shi Y ama be
  • Organizer: 国際シンポジウム「大衆部, 大乗, ガンダーラ」
  • Place of Presentation: 創価大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-30
• [Presentation] 再次探討石窟用途 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山部能宜
  • Organizer: 第三届吐魯番学国際学術研討会
  • Place of Presentation: トゥルファン(中国)
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-20
• [Presentation] Art, Caves, and Visualization (2007)
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Organizer: Visualizing and Performing Buddhist Worlds
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Toronto Scarborough
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-03
• [Presentation] Art, Caves, and Visualization
  • Author(s): Nobuyoshi Yamabe
  • Organizer: Conference "Visualizing and Performing Buddhist Worlds,"
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Toronto Scarborough
• [Book] 禅の思想辞典(共著) (2008)
  • Author(s): 田上太秀・石井修造編著, 松本史朗, 池田魯参, 石井公成, 伊吹敦, 小川隆, 沖本克己, 川口高風, 山部能宜他
  • Total Pages: 590
  • Publisher: 東京書籍
• [Book] 禅の思想辞典(共著) (2008)
  • Author(s): 田上太秀, 石井修造編著
  • Total Pages: 590
  • Publisher: 東京書籍
• [Book] From Turfan to Ajanta: Festschrift for Dieter Schlingloff on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday (2008)
  • Author(s): Eli Franco and Monika Zin, eds.
  • Publisher: Lumbini International Research Institute(forthcoming)