A Study of Chinese Buddhist Bronzes in the Fifth Centuryth

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22520118
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics/Art history
• Research Institution: Sen-oku Hakuko Kan
• Principal Investigator: TOYAMA Kiyoshi 公益財団法人泉屋博古館, 学芸課, 学芸員 (30565578)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATUMOTO Nobuyuki 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸企画部長 (30229562) ; SOHUKAWA Hiroshi (90027558)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: 五胡期坐仏 / 漢民族 / ガンダーラ仏 / 太和仏

Research Abstract

I researched on Buddhist Bronzes of Sixteen Kingdom Period and I picked out standard samples. As a result, I confirmed that they were created in early fifth century, and that there were Buddhist Figures of Chinese style and Gandhara style. People created various Buddhist Figures in those days, and moreover, I clarified that creating activities in Northern Wei Dynasty Period were very different from those in Sixteen Kingdom Period because of the strong unification of the nation and the new acceptance of West part of China. This difference was proved by their figures' style, creating technique and materials.