The Study for New Understanding about Wood Sculptures in 8th and 9th centuries

本研究的目的是对8、9世纪木雕的风格有新的认识。为此，我们对26个寺庙和博物馆的雕塑进行了研究。尤其是对静国寺、东大寺、大安寺、新谷寺、苦库寺等重要雕塑的研究，对推动这一研究具有重要意义。奈良是7世纪没有用于木雕的木雕和木雕物化的重要场所。公元8世纪，奈良的祭司们从中国那里得到了檀香雕像。这让他们对木雕有了更深入的了解。公元8世纪和9世纪的日本佛教具有两面性。一种是遍布平洲桥和平安桥首都的佛教。另一种是在奈良和京都周围的山区修行的佛教。二者关系密切，后者在8、9世纪带来了木雕的物化。

The aim of this study is to have new understanding about the style of wood sculptures in 8th and 9th centuries. We researched 64 sculptures in 26 temples and museums for this study. Especially it was significant to research many important sculptures at Jingo-ji, Toshodai-ji, Daian-ji, Shinyakushi-ji and Kohuku-ji in order to advance this study.We could get next two results by this research.1. Nara was the important place for materialization of wood sculptures with hinoki or kaya that had not been used for wood sculptures in 7th century. The priests in Nara received sandalwood statues from China in 8th century. That brought them deeper knowledge about wood sculptures.2. The Buddhism of Japan in 8th and 9th centuries had two sides. One was the Buddhism that spread over the Heijo-kyo and the Heian-kyo capitals. The other was the Buddhism that was practiced in the mountains around Nara and Kyoto. The both had a close relation each with other and the latter brought materialization of wood sculptures in 8th and 9th centuries.