2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on the analysis and reconstitution about the Iconography On Nanto Butsuga, Buddhist paintings painted in mediaeval Nara town
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21720043
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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 | The Museum Yamatobunkakan |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 美術史 / 仏教絵画 / 南都 / 南都絵師 / 宮曼荼羅 / 図像 / 寧波 / マニ教 |
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| Research Abstract |
In the course three years, I surveyed Buddhist paintings produced in Nara during the medieval period, while paying special attention to the roles and meanings of iconographies for their production. In late Heian-period Buddhist iconographic pictures painted in a monochrome outline drawing(Hakubyo-zuzo) were edited and gathered by esoteric masters. These drawings came to be reconstituted for producing totally new paintings expressing the masters and clients' own thoughts sometimes in contradiction to traditional rules and prescriptions. Considering broader Asian context, I also compared Buddhist paintings produced in the area around Ningbo with the contemporary Manichaean paintings produced in China and discovered many similarities in styles and motifs.
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