Reception and Development of the Depictions of Buddhist Narratives in the Ancient and Medieval South Asia-A Correlative Study between the Architectural space and the Representations

• Project/Area Number: 22720047
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Aesthetics/Art history
• Research Institution: Ryukoku University (2012); Chubu University (2010-2011)
• Principal Investigator: FUKUYAMA Yasuko 龍谷大学, 国際文化学部, 准教授 (40513338)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: アジャンター / ティヴァンカ / ガンダーラ / 仏教説話 / 仏伝 / 建築 / ジナン・ワリ・デリ / 南アジア / 従三十三天降下 / 帝釈窟説法 / 舎衛城の神変

Research Abstract

Several field surveys for the Buddhist sites were carried out in India, Sri Lanka and other countries, to collect the data of the representations of the Buddhist Narratives seen in the architecture. The papers of my research were presented at the research meetings of “Comprehensive Data Collection of Gandharan Art and its Integrated Study” (Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (A)202420003): one is on the newly discovered paintings from Jinan Wali Dheri, which show the remarkable similarities with the Ajanta paintings and the other is on the ganas carrying the crown over the head of the Buddha which could be a specific motif to indicate the process toward the cosmological Buddha. These papers will be included in the publication titled “Studies on the Ajanta Later Paintings,” which is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, JSPS (2013).

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Japanese Encounters with Ajanta (2010)
  • Author(s): Yasuko Fukuyama
  • Journal Title: Indo-Japanese Joint Project for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (Archaeological Survey of India, National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Tokyo) Volume: Series 1 Pages: 13-32
• [Presentation] Iconographic Development of the Miracle of Sravasti at the Ajanta Caves (2010)
  • Author(s): Yasuko Fukuyama
  • Organizer: International Conference : Buddhist Narrative in Asia and Beyond-convened in honour of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on her fifty-fifth birth anniversary
  • Place of Presentation: The Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-10
• [Book] Perspectives in Indian Archaeology Art and Culture(Yasuko FUKUYAMA,Iconographic development of the Miracle of Sravasti at the Ajanta caves) (2013)
  • Author(s): D. Dayalan
  • Publisher: Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi
• [Book] SIVASRI : Perspectives in Indian Archaeology Art and Culture (2013)
  • Author(s): D.Dayalan
  • Total Pages: 310
  • Publisher: Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi