| 研究実績の概要 |
Fruitful areas of research, collaboration, and scholarly output relevant to the theme of varied expressions of “evil,” including protection or potential harm, or conversion, through representations of Buddhist divinities, kami, and tomb spirits from the 4th through 10th century in Japan and across East Asia included: 1) Collaborative work on the visual, literary, and geographic expression of evil with colleagues from universities and museums in Seoul, Boston, Seattle, Zurich, Ghent, Heidelberg, Tokyo, and Kansai (including Kyoto, Osaka, Asuka, Nara, Tenri, Yoshino, Gose shi, Shiga Pref.) and northern Kyushu, some with 分担者 Professor 知足 Tomotari 2) Completion of two articles about 薬師寺薬師如来台座, one in Japanese (publication delayed) and one in French (forthcoming), both the result of research on secular and Buddhist motifs in Buddhist art and tombs 4) Completion of a long book review for the premier Japan studies journal,_Monumenta Nipponica_ 5) Discussions and preparations with Columbia University and Harvard University 研究連携者 collaborators for 2020-21 workshop(s).
Meetings at Harvard and Heidelberg University resulted in formal invitations to these institutions as a visiting professor. Ghent University meetings resulted in collaborative research plans with Chinese Buddhism scholar Christoph Anderl. An article on Buddhist sculpture by Miyata Daisuke on was solicited by me and published in _Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University_.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
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理由
The Kaken research is progressing well and as expected. Both individual and collaborative research plans with Korean, Japanese, European, and American collaborators, as noted above, progressed significantly. Publication efforts were affected by delays beyond my control, such as by a volume editor delaying the Japanese publication. On the positive side, an unplanned second article (in the French art history journal _Perspective_ in a special issue on Japan to be published in 2020) and book review resulted from my research.
Workshop-planning is progressing well and will take place at one or two universities depending on the virus situation this academic year. I was able to make an important research trip to Kansai with 分担者Professor Tomotari and with the guidance of a local expert I added greatly to my knowledge of fifth- and sixth-century history in areas unknown to me in Nara Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture, including tombs, ancient shrines, and observing rituals for demonic forces that continue to this day. I also observed demon rituals in Kunisaki peninsula.
Due to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID 19 virus worldwide I had to cancel collaborative research activities in Korea and China planned with 研究連携者 collaborator Professor Kim Younmi of Ehwa Womans University 梨花女子大学校in March. My future plans and revised plans are detailed in the next section.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
There are two focuses: The first focus will be the completion of a draft of the applicant's book on Yakushiji and its predecessor in the Fujiwara capital, Moto Yakushiji 本薬師寺, including their history and extant and lost Buddhist icons and buildings. A key underlying theme, previously unexplored in the Japanese and English literature, of the Yakushiji pedestal motifs as they relate to the image and ideology of a Chinese-style imperial state in Japan, will be highlighted. The second focus will be to convene a workshop at Columbia and Harvard University. It will host approximately eleven scholars over three days, who will explore representations and responses to evil, the converted, and physical or spiritual suffering in premodern Japan, featuring visual, material, and spatial culture, objects, and sites up to the 11th century. Due to the COVID 19 virus, two workshops previously planned will likely need to be combined into one workshop based on the needs and schedules of the collaborators.
A cancelled trip planned for February 2020 to China may carried out in the 2021-22 year as this year is already very full. Other plans include organizing digital images compiled during the last two years.
As noted above, productive meetings at Harvard University and Heidelberg University resulted in formal invitations to these institutions as a visiting professor, specifically in 2020 to the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard and (application approval pending) to Heidelberg University as the Ishibashi Foundation Visiting Professor in 2021 for eight weeks.
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