龍門賓陽中洞の造営目的とその背景に関する試論
1994 年 44 巻 4 号 p. 57-67
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1994 年 44 巻 4 号 p. 57-67
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the center of construction of cave temples changed from Yunkang to Lungmen with the movement of the capital to Loyang in 494 A. D. The transformation between these two cave temples can be perceived not only in the style of sculptures but also in the form of the caves and the relationship between the statues and the worshippers. In particular, Pin-yang-chung-tung at Lungmen is epoch-making, because it established the environment for worship by standing face to face with the central statue of the main wall. In this article, I will try to grasp the basic objective for the creation of such an environment as Pin-yang-chung-tung, by considering the meaning of worship in this cave. In this cave, there are some motifs corresponding to the mention of the so-called Zenkuan sutras. From this clue, I hypothesized that this cave was planned, in one aspect, to incur some mental effect on the worshippers, like priests acquired in the practice of Zenkuan-especially Kuanfo Sanmei (ex. at Mai-chi-shan caves). There are many problems in this hypothesis, currently, so further study is needed, but I believe that the possibility of comprehending the characteristics of this cave as a place for worship could be revealed.
