2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on structure and design of the octagonal Buddhist pagodas, octagonal Buddhist buildings in East Asia of the ancient times and the Middle Ages

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20760436
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Architectural history/design
Research Institution	Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Principal Investigator	HAKOZAKI Kazuhisa 独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 都城発掘調査部, 遺構研究室長 (10280611)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2011
Keywords	八角塔 / 発掘遺構 / 安楽寺八角三重塔 / 応県木塔
Research Abstract	I collected the remains of octagonal temple building sites left in Japan, China, Korea, North Korea and the octagonal temple buildings which existed in China and Japan. Existed buildings are divided into 2 styles by the forms of wooden structuer. One is a style of Anrakuji octagonal three-stories pagoda in Japan, another is a style of wooden pagoda at Ying-shen in China. It is thought that the small scale pagodas, like remains of ancient Kokuryo, are divided to Anrakuji style, and the big scale pagodas, like remains of Hossyoji temple sites in Japan, are divided to Ying-shen styles. In addition, I think that the octagonal pagodas may be designed on the basis of a one side length. It is because the one side length of the octagonal pagoda body is similar to that of square pagoda body of the same period.

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