2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on Buddhist sculptures in the early Heian period from the point of view of the structures of temple foundation
| Project/Area Number |
22720051
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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 | Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties |
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Principal Investigator |
SARAI Mai 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 企画情報部, 主任研究員 (80392546)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 日本彫刻史 / 官営工房 / 神仏習合 |
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| Research Abstract |
One of the successful achievements of my study is to present basic data on the Buddhist images in the early Heian period.Especially, standing image of Yakushi Nyorai at Jinkoin located in the Kita ward of Kyoto, previously little-known image, was made by the people living near Kamo-wake-ikazuchi Shrine in the early 9th century. This image shows us the how ordinary people accepted and developed the Buddhist belief at that time. We tend to make much of Buddhist images made by government operation, but we also have to pay attention to the images which ordinary people created. It makes us to aware the variety of the Buddhist images in the early Heian period.
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