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2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Basic Studies on Buddhist Art from Japan in European Collections and Formation of a Database for the Understanding of Japanese Buddhist Art

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 25300024
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section海外学術
Research Field Fine art history
Research InstitutionHosei University

Principal Investigator

KREINER Josef  法政大学, 国際日本学研究所, 客員研究員 (50440102)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIMATANI Hiroyuki  独立行政法人国立文化財機構九州国立博物館, 館長 (90170935)
KAWAI Masatomo  慶應義塾大学, 文学部, 名誉教授 (30051668)
SUDO Hirotoshi  弘前大学, 人文学部, 教授 (70124592)
OGUCHI Masashi  法政大学, 文学部, 教授 (00177198)
AKAO Eikei  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 (20175764)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) Princess Akiko of Mikasa  立命館大学, 衣笠総合研究機構, 特別招聘准教授 (20571889)
INAMOTO Yasuo  京都大学, 人文科学研究所, 准教授 (70252509)
MARUYAMA Shiro  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 (20249915)
OKIMATSU Kenjiro  独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸企画部企画課特別展室, 主任研究員 (30332133)
ITO Shinji  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普及室, 室長 (00443622)
ASAMI Ryusuke  独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸研究部調査研究課東洋室, 室長 (30270416)
NOJIRI Tadashi  独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良国立博物館, 学芸部企画室, 室長 (10372179)
SHIMIZU Ken  独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良国立博物館, 学芸部企画室, 主任研究員 (80393370)
OYAMA Yuzuruha  独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸研究部調査研究課工芸室, 室長 (10356272)
SAWADA Kazuto  国立歴史民俗博物館, 情報資料研究系, 准教授 (80353374)
TAKAHASHI Yusuke  神奈川県立金沢文庫, 学芸課, 学芸員 (40551502)
NELSON Steven  法政大学, 文学部, 教授 (60326171)
Research Collaborator KYBURZ Josef  
STEINECK Tomoë I. M.  
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Keywords日本美術史 / 仏教美術 / 博物館 / 美術館 / 日欧交流 / 日本学 / 日本観 / 文化人類学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project is based on the paradigm-shift in Japanology from the philological to the visual focus. Due to this, the importance of museums takes on a new level and cooperation between European scholars and Japanese specialists becomes vital. Studies conducted in cooperation with more than 350 museums have shown that more than 500,000 objects of Japanese art are kept in Europe. A great impact on the evolvement of the European image of Japan has been exerted by Buddhist art. We approached more than 30 museums to conclude contracts for providing digital images and metadata of their collections, which were included in the database “Japanese Buddhist Art in European Collections”. The database comprises about 3,800 items, and will be developed further. Our research revealed new findings such as the Gigaku masks in the Museum of Five Continents Munich and the Spinner Collection of religious culture at the Ethnographic Museum, Univ. Zurich as well as the Manos collection of Greece.

Free Research Field

文化人類学、日本学

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Published: 2017-05-10  

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