The study of the religious building construction by the Toyotomi regime and its characteristics

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K04903
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Toya Nobuhiro 京都工芸繊維大学, デザイン・建築学系, 准教授 (40447909)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 寺社建築 / 造営 / 豊臣政権 / 造営組織

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on the construction of religious buildings by the Toyotomi regime, and aimed to organize its facts and characteristics. Furthermore, it is aimed to construct the theory of the religious building transformation in the transitional period between the medieval and premodern period. The results of this study include the following points. 1) To organize the facts related to the religious building construction by the Toyotomi regime, especially by Hideyoshi Toyotomi. 2) To reveal the characteristics of the Higashiyama great buddha hall construction by Hideyoshi. 3) To clarify the characteristics of the plan, structure, and design of temple buildings constructed in the transitional period between the medieval and premodern period.

Free Research Field

日本建築史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

寺社建築の近世化を考える上で、豊臣政権による寺社造営の実態を明らかにすることは、重要な課題のひとつであった。だが、これまで建築史の分野では豊臣政権の寺社造営について本格的に論じた研究はほとんどなかった。また、寺社建築の近世化についての理論構築も行われた来なかった。そのなかで、本研究課題では、豊臣政権の寺社造営や寺社建築の近世化について考察を加え、その特質の一端を明らかにすることができた。そこに、本研究の成果の学術的意義がある。また、こうした研究成果は、近世の寺社建築の文化財としての評価に大きく関わるものであり、そこに社会的な意義があるといえよう。