A Study of Architectural Composition of Cave Temples of Later Phase at Ajanta

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25420666
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Architectural history/Design
Research Institution	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	Yaguchi Naomichi 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 准教授 (00342048)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords	アジャンター / 石窟寺院 / 左右対称性 / 仏教石窟 / インド / マハーラーシュトラ / 柱頭装飾 / 扉口装飾 / 扉口
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This Study aims to reveal the characteristic appearance and the process of the excavation of the cave temples at Ajanta from the following architectural points of view; the arrangement of cells and the fitting of door of cells, the arrangement and decoration of the pillars in the cave temples, and the architectural decoration of the walls and ceiling paintings. According to systematically collected data at the site and organized analysis, the caves at Ajanta are not the assemblage of individual cave, but the whole caves are excavated having influenced each other in diverse way.