2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Formation, evolution and extinction of holy place in the middle age
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20720214
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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 |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Japanese History |
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Principal Investigator |
MURAKI Jiro 国立歴史民俗博物館, 研究部, 准教授 (50321542)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 歴史考古学 |
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| Research Abstract |
After taking 100 years or more after erection into a sutra mound, the example which a cemetery develops to the circumference can often see. This is a proof with which the sutra mound is recognized to be a symbol of a holy place like a stone pagoda.
Although various subdelivery of goods is included in a sutra mound, there is a case where the Buddha statue or the mirror image is dedicated. These are buried in the position on a level with a roll of sutras certainly. That is, the roll of sutras of the sutra mound is buried as Buddha=spiritual bone, and a sutra mound is considered to be false pagoda. The sutra mound became a cause which forms a holy place in a community.
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