Study on the relationship between Buddhists under the rule of Russia and Tibet-Mongol Buddhists.

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K03148
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Ishihama Yumiko 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (30221758)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 柳澤 明 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (50220182)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: チベット仏教 / ブリヤート人 / ドルジエフ / ダライラマ13世

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In 1904, the 13th Dalai Lama moved north in search for Russia's support following the invasion of Lhasa by the British Army, and stayed in Mongolia and Kokenoor until 1909. In the previous study, this movement of the Dalai Lama XIII was only talked about in the context of international relations of large countries such as Britain and Russia, but this study showed the Dalai Lama's stay in Mongolia stimulated an exchange between Russian Buddhists and Buddhists under the Qing Dynasty and that the correspondents from the Buryats and Karmuk, who had traveled back and forth between the Dalai Lama and their homland across the border, became leaders of the local autonomy movement after the collapse of the Russian Empire.

Free Research Field

チベット仏教によって統合されたチベット・モンゴル・満洲世界

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ダライラマ13世のモンゴル滞在は従来、列強に翻弄された結果の「逃亡」「亡命」などとネガティブに表現されてきたが、本研究は、(1) ダライラマ13世はロシアの仏教徒の自発的な警護により清朝の命令を無視し行動する自由を得ていたこと、(2) ダライラマ13世の下に国境をこえて巡礼が殺到し清朝治下の仏教徒と交流した結果、ロシア治下の仏教徒が地域をこえて聯繋し始めたことなど、仏教徒主体の視点からみたポジティブな歴史観を提示することに成功した。