Abstract
This report is one of the study on the space of Tantric Buddhism in ancient Japan. There are many ceremonies in Tantric Buddhism, and the secret-ceremony is one of the most charactoristic ceremony of Tantric Buddhism. So this report, deals with the construction of the space of secret-ceremony of Tantric Buddhism. There are several styles in the secret-ceremony, and generally they have distinctive space. The place where the secret-ceremony celebrates, is called Dansyo. And the space of Dansyo is constructed of two parts. One is called Danjyo, the main part of Dansyo, in which some of Syuho-dan, the tables for the ceremony, are set, and in which the main part of the secret-ceremonies is carried out by the chief prayer, Oh-Ajyari. The other is called Banso-za, the seats of subordinate prayers, where the subordinate ceremony is carried out, following the main part of the ceremony. And each parts are separated each other by Oh-Maku, the great curtain, visually and spatially. Among such two parts of the space, this report deals with the space of Danjyo. And the next report will deal with the space of Banso-za, so that some conclusion of these reports will be discrived in the next report.
