2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the belief in Miraculous Buddhist Images and creating Buddhist Sculpture in Nanto culture
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20720030
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Aesthetics/Art history
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| Research Institution | Kanagawa prefectural Kanazawa bunko museum |
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Principal Investigator |
SEYA Takayuki Kanagawa prefectural Kanazawa bunko museum, 学芸課, 学芸員 (50443411)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 南都 / 霊験仏 / 模刻 / 清原寺式釈迦如来像 / 奈良仏師 / 運慶 / 東寺講堂 / 舎利信仰 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study clarified that the belief in Miraculous Buddhist images, which give profits and Miracles in Nara region (Nanto) since ancient era, spread its copies all over Japan and had great influence in the history of Japanese Buddhist sculpture. And also clarified that the activity of the most famous Japanese Buddhist sculptor, Unkei in the early Kamakura period involved closely with the belief in miraculous Buddhist image especially in Nanto region. Some of the research results were open to the public with the exhibition "Unkei" (2011) in Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawabunko Museum.
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Research Products
(10 results)
