2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on the living space in Mingling period-Particularly on furniture and its use

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20700576
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	General human life sciences
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	TAKAI Takane Kyoto University, 人文科学研究所, 助教 (80378885)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	住生活 / 家具史 / 生活空間 / 中国
Research Abstract	About the square table called the eight immortals table (baxianzhuo) which played an important part at various situations including ceremonies and banquets even in the modern age, it has confirmed that, at the latest, the name was used in Jiangnan at the beginning in the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, about babuchuang (canopy bed with an antechamber), huanmen chuang (bed with a 'welcoming gate'), changting chuang (bed like a spacious and open hall), you langan de chuang (bed with a balustrade), liangchuang (cool bed), nuanchuang (warm bed), nuange chuang (bed like a warm room) of beds in Jing ping mei cihua, I found out their shapes, appearance time, etc., and was able to point out a limit on using this novel as research source for studies on the history of Chinese furniture.