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2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Unexplored Avenues: The Esoteric and the Sacred in the Buddhist Arts and Temples of the Nara Period

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370135
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

BOGEL CYNTHEA  九州大学, 人文科学研究院, 教授 (50637931)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
KeywordsNara period / Buddhist art / Buddhist templs / 古密教美術 / 仏像 / 奈良時代
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

During H 29 I was able to complete a major research essay in Japanese on the eighth-century statue of Yakushi and Yakushiji temple, Nara. I traveled to Nara several times to meet with the Yakushiji research office staff to discuss my findings. I spent most of my time this year writing up my research and less time presenting the research at conferences, as I had done extensively in the last two years.
As a result of my activities I was able to consult with Prof. Michael Como at Columbia, Prof. Yukio Lippit at Harvard, and Prof. Youn-mi Kim at Ehwa University (Seoul). I had met with Como and Lippit in the previous year and they are now familiar with my research. Their assistance improved the article very much.
The essay is with the editor of the volume but was not published in H29. It will be publishe din H30. I completed a third volume of the Asian Humanities journal with many essays related to my research in Buddhist art history. I made considerable progress this year; at the same time, writing in Japanese proceeded very slowly. The new essay based on the past two years of research is: 「歴史と信仰の枠組み-薬師寺本尊の台座再考」、佐野みどり氏編集長 『フレームの超域文化学I』 (株)青簡舎出版、 2018年. 30,000 字
My work provides a new perspective on the well known (National Treasure) statue and its fascinating pedestal. I will proceed to write a book with the Kiban B Kaken grant I received.

  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2018 2017

All Journal Article (2 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] "Sovereign and Cosmology in Two Capitals: An Eighth-Century Buddhist Icon at Yakushiji." Research Report2017

    • Author(s)
      Bogel, Cynthea
    • Journal Title

      CENTER 37, National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

      Volume: 37 Pages: 56, 59

  • [Journal Article] "Research report, Cynthea J. Bogel."2017

    • Author(s)
      Bogel, Cynthea
    • Journal Title

      Brillante 2 Global Women's Research Network

      Volume: 2 Pages: 2, 3

  • [Presentation] Conference Organizer2018

    • Author(s)
      Bogel, Cynthea
    • Organizer
      第6回九州大学人文科学研究院広人文学コースシンポジウム. "Cultural Circulation in Asia: Narrative, Human, and Visual Flows."
  • [Presentation] "Motifs and Creatures in the Study of 7th and 8th century Buddhist Arts in Japan"2017

    • Author(s)
      Bogel, Cynthea
    • Organizer
      National Gallry of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Fellows Research Meeting
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University (JAH-Q), vol. 3 (March 2018). 英文査読国際ジャーナル2018

    • Author(s)
      Bogel, Cynthea. Editor 責任編集者
    • Total Pages
      140
    • Publisher
      九州大学・人文科学府
    • ISBN
      ISSN 2433-4855

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Published: 2018-12-17  

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