The Representation of Wrath and Evil: Conceptions of the World and Expressions of the Wicked and the Converted in Ancient Japan

About this project

Japan Grant Number
JP18H00630
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Project/Area Number
18H00630
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type
  • Single-year Grants
Review Section / Research Field
  • Basic Section 01060:History of arts-related
Research Institution
  • Kyushu University
Project Period (FY)
2018-04-01 〜 2023-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
17,030,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 13,100,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 3,930,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

The project examines Buddhist representations of demonic beings and _banzoku_ (lit., savages), contributing to our understanding of world views from an imperial center as depicted on selected 7th-8th c.icons.Midway through the project an innovative approach to interpreting the Healing Buddha _honzon_ pedestal at Yakushiji, Nara, developed.Results were published in English and French (2018, 2019, 2020) and Japanese (forthcoming), also at workshops and invited lectures in Europe,the US,and Japan. Portions of a book manuscript were drafted at Harvard’s Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies in 2022. The book traces imperial and personal cosmologies made legible on Buddhist icons (documented or surviving) at Horyuji, Daikandaiji, Yakushiji, and others. The Yakushiji icon’s imagery draws from an idealized past and present, the base a “cosmoscape” of symbols: a Sinic imperium, right rule, Mt. Sumeru, and Buddhism---a fascinating _imaginaire_ with key parallels to the 720 _Nihon Shoki.

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