2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
GENERAL RESEARCH ON THE WOOD BLOCK MOVABLE TYPE PRINTING SYSTEMS OF TENKAI-BAN ISSAIKYO
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10308002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural property science
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| Research Institution | Jissen Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
WATANABE Morikuni Jissen Women's University, Dept. of Literature, Prof., 文学部・国文学科, 教授 (00074930)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUZUKI Tohiyuki Chuo University, Dept. of Literature, Prof., 文学部, 教授 (00216417)
OKA Masahiko National Institute of Japanese Literature, Literary Documents Dept., Prof., 文献資料部, 教授 (20044729)
OOTSUKA Hideaki National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. Tokyo, Chief coordination manager, 主任調整官
MIZUKAMI Fumiyosi The Eastern Institute Inc., Researcher, 研究員 (90250042)
MATSUNAGA Chikai Bukkyo University, Dept. of Literature, Prof., 文学部, 助教授 (30157333)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 2001
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| Keywords | Tripitaka / Chinese Canon / Wood block movable type / Tenkai-ban Issaikyo / Type printing / Kanneiji Temple / Define quantity / Classify and put in order / 17 century |
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| Research Abstract |
Issaikyo or Tripitika of Chinese canon means the complete collection of Buddhist scriptures, and usually it has scale of more than 5000 volumes. It started in 1638 to publish Issaikyo, putting the technique of wood block movable type printing in practice for the first trial in Japan. This project called "Tenkai-ban Issaikyo" or "Kaneiji-ban Issaikyo", because it was carried on according to the prayer of Priest Tenkai who was thekaisan(the founder of a temple) of Kaneiji Temple. Therefore, printing instruments of Tenkai-ban Issaikyo, for instance, wood blocktype or type case, had been handled down from generation to generation, exist at Kanneiji Temple Ueno. Tokyo. In our research project, by permission of the owner, we picked up wholesome goods from dust of hundreds years, blushed away, analysed woody materials, defined the quantity, classified and put in order for preservation. And for further particulars, we must refer you to the report we are going to publish. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Kanneiji Temple and the persons concerned.
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