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A Study of the Documentary Administration and State System of the Old Tibetan Empire based on Central Asian Documents and Historical and Cultural Artifacts and Artefacts

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K01043
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 03030:History of Asia and Africa-related
Research InstitutionRyukoku University

Principal Investigator

Iwao Kazushi  龍谷大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90566655)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords吐蕃 / 古代チベット / 行政文書 / 公印 / 敦煌文書 / 古チベット語 / 公文書 / 古代チベット帝国 / 国家体制 / 会計文書 / チベット / 文書行政
Outline of Research at the Start

古代チベット帝国(吐蕃)は6世紀末から7世紀初に突如登場し、後のチベット文明の礎を作り上げた。しかし、チベット帝国がどのようにして短時間で国家体制を築き上げ、2世紀半の間も国家を維持することができたのか、不明な点が多く残る。本研究では、チベット帝国が文書による高度な行政ネットワークを持っていたことに注目し、その仕組みと広がりを、敦煌文書などの出土史料や石碑などの金石文の解読を通じて明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Old Tibetan Empire or Tufan, which unified the Tibetan plateau for the first time from the end of the 6th to the beginning of the 7th century, grew into a vast empire that controlled various ethnic groups in the surrounding area and continued to exist for another two and a half centuries. Although it is reasonable to expect that part of the reason for the long-term sustainability of this new state lies in its state system, there are many unknowns as to what kind of state system the Tibetan empire had. This project aims to elucidate the documentary administrative system of the Tibetan empire. Based on primary historical sources such as contemporary documents unearthed in Central Asia and artifacts, this project will study the format of official documents, elucidate the process of document processing, and clarify some aspects of the nature of the state system that made long-term rule feasible.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

古代チベット帝国(吐蕃)は史上に突如現れたにもかかわらず唐・ウイグルなどと並ぶ大国に成長するだけでなく2世紀ほど存続し、また後のチベット文明に大きな影響を与えた。しかしこの国家の詳細については不明な点が多く、例えば東洋史の概説においても簡単にしか説明されない。近年、古チベット語の出土史料、金石史料数の増加、史料のインターネット公開、オンラインテキストデータベースの出現など研究状況が劇的に改善した今、史料数の多い行政文書の研究を通じて、古代チベット帝国の国家像の一端を明らかにする。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 5 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Gog cu as Tibetan Buddhist Site of the North-Eastern Amdo Area during the Post-Imperial Period2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Iwao
    • Journal Title

      Revue d'Etudes Tibetaines

      Volume: 60 Pages: 161-173

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 歸義軍政權初期におけるチベット語公印の使用とその背景――Pelliot tibetain 1171の檢討を中心に2021

    • Author(s)
      岩尾一史、坂尻彰宏
    • Journal Title

      敦煌写本研究年報

      Volume: 15 Pages: 97-109

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Secular Fragments of Tibetan Texts Found at the Main Dunhuang Collection Kept at the IOM, RAS2020

    • Author(s)
      48.Kazushi Iwao, Alexander Zorin
    • Journal Title

      Written Monuments of the Orient

      Volume: 6.1 (11) Pages: 103-116

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 多民族国家としての古代チベット帝国2020

    • Author(s)
      岩尾一史
    • Journal Title

      歴史と地理:世界史の研究

      Volume: 230 Pages: 1-12

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Local Military Governments (khrom) in the Hexi Area and “The Great Military Government” (khrom-chen-po) in Long-cu2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Iwao
    • Organizer
      清華大学人文学院成立10周年院慶活動漢蔵佛教語文学系列講座
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Official Square Seals of the Old Tibetan Empire: Official Seals and Documents2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Iwao
    • Organizer
      16th Seminar of International Association for Tibetan Studies
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Digitization and Text Database: From the case of Old Tibetan Studies2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi Iwao
    • Organizer
      Invisible East
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] On Additional Collection of Taxes under the Old Tibetan Empire2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi IWAO
    • Organizer
      Dunhuang Studies Conference, Cambridge 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] On Tibetan Buddhist Sites of North-Eastern Amdo Area at the Post-imperial Period and Their Origins2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi IWAO
    • Organizer
      The 15th Seminar of International Association of Tibetan Studies
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Census and Land Registration in Tibetan-ruled Dunhuang2019

    • Author(s)
      Kazushi IWAO
    • Organizer
      旧紙弥新ー敦煌古蔵文文献学術研討会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 四川・青海・敦煌:九、十世紀之西蔵文化圏与交通2019

    • Author(s)
      岩尾一史
    • Organizer
      中日蔵学研究の現状
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] 岩波講座世界歴史06 中華世界の再編とユーラシア東部 4~8世紀2022

    • Author(s)
      荒川正晴
    • Total Pages
      311
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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