Research on Groups of Multiple Buddhist Sculptures: With a Focus on the Iconographic Sources and the Division of Labor in Production

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24320034
• 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: Tokyo National Museum (2014-2015); Kyoto National Museum (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: ASANUMA Takeshi 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸企画部博物館教育課教育講座室, 室長 (10249914)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MURAKAMI Ryu 独立行政法人国立文化財機構京都国立博物館, 学芸部, 部長 (00192774) ; IWATA Shigeki 独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良国立博物館, 学芸部, 上席研究員 (20321622) ; YAMAGUCHI Ryusuke 独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良国立博物館, 学芸部, 研究員 (10623556) ; ASAMI Ryusuke 独立行政法人国立文化財機構京都国立博物館, 学芸部, 上席研究員 (30270416)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): INOUE Kazutoshi 同志社大学, 文学部, 教授 (40193578)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 彫刻 / 多数尊 / 図像 / 工房製作

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examined Buddhist sculptures that were made in groups and considers their iconographic sources and the division of labor used in their production. Numerous cases were examined for this project, including the especially important examples of (1) Standing Four Guardian Kings at Kaijusen-ji, Kyoto, (2) Ten Great Disciples at Shomyo-ji, Kanagawa, (3) Standing Twelve Heavenly Generals at Bussho-ji, Mie, and (4) Twenty-eight Classes of Beings at Seishin-ji, Hiroshima. The data obtained from these studies were published in a report in March 2016. Special focus was made on groups of Twelve Heavenly Generals in the Museo d'Arte Orientale di Venezia, the Kamakura Museum of National Treasures, and Hojobo, Kanagawa. In addition to basic data, the report includes considerations on their icongraphic sources as well as issues pertaining to their production.

Free Research Field

美術史