| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This project carried out a research on the Buddhism objects used at Indonesian religious rites before the conversion to Islam. The subject of our investigation was the sculptures and(carved) relives held by 21 museums and historical archives in Indonesia and Europe as well as those which found in the remains in Java islands. As a result of our research, we succeeded in finding a few sets of Vajra and GhaNTA which are Tantric Buddhism religious objects. The presumed date of these objects is about the 9^th century CE, thus this suggests that Tantric religious rites were practiced in the place concerned in the 9^th century CE. Furthermore, the forms of Vajra and GhaNTA are roughly classified into‘closing prongs' type(middle Java from 8-10^th century) and‘opening prongs' type(East Java from 10-15^th century). This classification corresponds to the period of dynasties transition. Therefore we conclude that this analysis of Buddhism objects presents a criterion for the examination of the transmission of Tantric Buddhism in Asia and Asian religious arts.
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