A Synthetic Study of Buddhist Ritual: Its formation and Development

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23242005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: MORI Masahide 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 教授 (90230078)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): EINOO Shingo 東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (40140959) ; TAKASHIMA Jun 東京外国語大学, アジアアフリカ言語文化研究所, 教授 (40202147) ; TOMISHIMA Yoshiyuki 京都大学, 工学部, 准教授 (80319037) ; HARADA Masatoshi 関西大学, 文学部, 教授 (40278883) ; YAMABE Nobuyoshi 早稲田大学, 文学部, 教授 (40222377) ; MATSUMOTO Ikuyo 横浜市立大学, 国際総合科学部, 准教授 (60449535) ; TAKASU Jun 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (00252205) ; YAGUCHI Naomichi 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 准教授 (00342048) ; NISHIMOTO Yoichi 金沢大学, 人間科学系, 准教授 (00362012)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 儀礼 / 王権 / 表象 / 視覚イメージ / 空間論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project focuses upon the Buddhist ritual, especially its formation, development and transformation in the history of Buddhism in Asian countries. The research was carried out in the style of the interdisciplinary joint project consisting of several researchers of various fields: such as Indology, Buddhist studies, history, anthropology, art history, architecture, religious studies and so on. In order to realize the interdisciplinary research we set up five frameworks, i. e. kingship, representation, space, technique and human body. One of the most significant results of the project is the proceedings of the symposium about consecration ritual (abhiseka). This publication has enabled to display the general picture of this ritual all over Asian countries and to lead to the new horizon of ritual studies. As a concluding project we organized an international symposium about the relationship between rituals and the visual imagery.

Free Research Field

インド哲学、仏教学