The propagation of stone engraving from Southern and Northern Dynasties to Sui used water transportation.-Focus on the Lid Epitaph of Seal Script-

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00157
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01050:Aesthetics and art studies-related
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: HIGASHI Kenji 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10264318)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 墓誌 / 墓誌銘 / 墓志蓋 / 篆書 / 楷書 / 北魏 / 隋 / 水運

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempted to prove the spread of calligraphy by focusing on the seal script on the tomb cover. Particular attention was paid to the Northern Wei, where the popularity of tombstone covers began, and material from seal inscriptions on tombstone covers that appear to be by the same author was analysed. As a result, it could be assumed that some of the tombstone covers were written by the same person. In addition, some seal script tombstone cover inscriptions from the Northern Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty were written with reference to the Xuewen Jiaozhi, which could be taken as a standard example of this work. On the other hand, even if the cover inscriptions were standard, their counterpart tombstone inscriptions could not be said to be standard either. Although the words and phrases were inherited, no similarities in style could be found, and it became clear that the composition and writing of the inscription may have been carried out under different mechanisms.

Free Research Field

人文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本論は、現代社会まで繋がっている隋代楷書書法の伝播は北朝の特定の王朝で行われ、水運を利用して技法の伝播が行われたことを明らかにした。社会的なインパクトとしては、①墓誌蓋の変化に注目し、北魏を起点とし北斉、隋と、製作技術や書体の伝承が行われたこと、②北魏以降の華北平原では水運が発達し、石刻出土地と河川の位置関係から物理的に水運による移動が可能なことを証明した。また、学術的なインパクトとしては、南北朝末から隋代は既に「楷書」の時代であるが、篆書は長期間文字構造を変えることなく存在し、蓋石からは北朝から墓誌の技術が伝播したということが明らかにできた。