2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Santo Nino of Cebu : the Child Jesus Standing at the Crossroads
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22652012
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Aesthetics/Art history
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAMIKI Seishi 京都工芸繊維大学, 工芸科学研究科, 教授 (50211446)
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| Research Collaborator |
NORMA A Respicio フィリピン大学, 芸術文学部, 教授
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 子供神 / セブのサント・ニーニョ / マゼラン / 単独の幼児イエス像 / 東西交流 |
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| Research Abstract |
The Santo Nino of Cebu is a small statue of the Child Jesus that is enthusiastically focused on in its religion. It is believed that the statue had been made in Belgium and brought by Magellan from Spain to Cebu in the 16th century. It could therefore be situated at the cultural crossroads of the interchange between north and south in Europe, as well as that between west and east.
By questioning the reason why Magellan's men brought it with them and the role that it played when a couple of local chieftains converted to Christianity, we researched the meaning of the appearance of the single statue of the Child Jesus, who was not accompanied by his mother, in the early modern age.
The reason why Magellan's men brought it with them could be explained by the strong connection between the courts of Belgium and Spain and their political and missionary strategies. The role that it played in the conversion of the local chieftains seems to have been related to Asian mythology pervading the whole southeast region, including the Philippines.
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