Buddhist painting studies attributed to the analysis of Buddhist iconographic pitures involved in the priest Gensho,(Gensho-bon)

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00210
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01060:History of arts-related
• Research Institution: Tokyo National Museum (2020-2022); The Museum Yamato Bunkakan (2019)
• Principal Investigator: FURUKAWA SHOICHI 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸企画部, 研究員 (70463297)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 白描図像 / 仏教絵画 / 白描画 / 図像学 / 玄証本 / 美術史学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Buddhist iconographic pictures which sketched in ink,(Hakubyo-Zuzo) were widely produced in the Heian period.This study focuses on the Buddhist iconographic pictures involved in the priest Gensho,(Gensho-bon). Gensho-bon consists of approximately 30 examples. This study revealed that many of Gensho-bon were copied based on the Buddhist iconographic pictures brought from China.It was found that Gensho-bon were greatly utilized in the creation of Buddhist statues and paintings. By comparing Gensho-bon with Buddhist paintings, it became clear that Gensho-bon were an important group of materials to supplement the history of Buddhist painting in the ancient and medieval periods, where examples were limited.

Free Research Field

美術史学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで仏教絵画研究における基礎資料として活用されていた白描図像について、美術史学の方法論を用いて本画と同じように考察し、絵画史上に位置付けることを試みた点である。白描図像は断簡も含めて国内外に分蔵されており、再評価が進みその重要性が明らかとなることで、展覧会などでの積極的な公開が行われ、研究が進むことが期待される。