The Representation of Wrath and Evil: Conceptions of the World and Expressions of the Wicked and the Converted in Ancient Japan
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- BOGEL CYNTHEA
- Principal Investigator
- 九州大学
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- 知足 美加子
- Co-Investigator
- 九州大学
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
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- Single-year Grants
- Review Section / Research Field
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- Basic Section 01060:History of arts-related
- Research Institution
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- 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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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1040000781992095744
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- KAKEN