Research on Buddhist Documents as Historical Materials about Maritime Exchange

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720312
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese history
• Research Institution: International Research Center for Japanese Studies
• Principal Investigator: ENOMOTO Wataru 国際日本文化研究センター, 研究部, 准教授 (60361630)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 対外関係 / 文化交流 / 仏教 / 禅宗 / 中世史 / 中国 / アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The result of this research is classified into 4 topics as follows. 1)The comprehensive collection of the monk biographies and the bibliographic study on them as the key of the research on the Buddhism exchange between Japan and Song/Yuan China, which resulted in publication of Collected Biographies of Buddhist Priests Sailing Between Japan and China in the Southern Song and Yuan Eras with a Study of the Buddhist Priest Biography Collection Process in Edo Japan (Bensey Publishing Inc., 2013); 2)Opening of Medieval Zen Texts Database in the website of International Research Center for Japanese Studies in 2014; 3)Fieldwork in the historical remains in both Japan and China where Buddhism exchanges occurred aiming at obtaining the "materials" including non-literal one, such as its geographical features or archaeological relics; 4)Fieldwork in the historical remains in Central Asia and Southeast Asia concerning the Buddhism exchange to compare with one in Japan or China.

Free Research Field

日本中世史