Representations of the Bodhisattva Maitreya vis-a-vis the interactions between his Pure Land and the present world

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24320026
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics/Art history
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Izumi Takeo 東北大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (40168274)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAGAOKA RYUSAKU 東北大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (70189108) ; LAURE SCHWARTZ ARENALES 上智大学, 文学部, 准教授 (20377013) ; UNNO HIROYUKI 東北大学, 大学院文学研究科, 助手 (80587759) ; HATAKEYAMA KOICHI 東北大学, 大学院文学研究科, 専門研究員 (90344639)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 美術史 / 宗教史 / 浄土教 / 図像

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Representation of Miroku Bosatsu(Bodhisattva Maitreya) in his Pure Land, changes in appearance that the cross-legged figure to cross the foot, branching into a form that down one foot on its way. Figure of the cross-legs also changes in appearance to down the legs. Iconography of Miroku, China from Central Asia , further the Korean Peninsula , had been propagated to Japan , the process of the change through the field survey , became clear than before. In addition, as for the Tosotsu-ten Mandara depicting the Pure Land of Miroku, although there is only a front-facing composition in mainland China, the Middle Ages of the Pure Land view of the Japanese composition of diagonal direction has become typical. It will be declared that this is a feature of Japanese Buddhist paintings.

Free Research Field

仏教絵画史