Functions and Ways of Use of the Visual Image in Religious Art. : Comparative Studies between Buddhist and Christian Art

我们在两年内举行了五次学习会议，其中以佛教和基督教艺术为特色，阅读论文，并由研究成员和准成员广泛讨论每个主题。根据我们的研究和讨论结果，我们准备了一份报告，并实现了出版。（国立文化财产研究所，东京）东亚佛教艺术史专业教授和增田智之增田先生（艺术设计大学）谁在基督教艺术专业参加我们的会议作为讲师，我们，每次演讲后，围绕宗教艺术中的教化与仪式展开了热烈的讨论，并对中国、韩国、日本的佛教艺术在佛教宗教实践中如何对待以及仪式与基督教绘画之间的关系展开了讨论。此外，关于佛教艺术中的塔提亚教，我们邀请了清水邦彦先生，（金泽大学）谁主修人种学和高须纯先生（爱知教育大学）研究了六道艺术，我们讨论了宗教仪式与建筑，雕像，曼荼罗等的关系。通过演讲和讨论，佛教艺术和基督教艺术都与宗教实践有着密切的联系，如教化、崇拜、药物观想等。同时，从宗教实践的角度，对佛教艺术与基督教艺术的并行现象以及各自的独创性进行了界定。根据这些结果，我们，组织者和成员，开发了每个主题，并发表了一份题为“宗教艺术中视觉图像的功能和使用方式”的报告。"

We held five study meetings in two years, in which, featuring Buddhist and Christian art, papers were read and each theme was broadly discussed by research members and associate members. Based upon the results of our studies and discussion, we prepared for a report and the publication was realized.Inviting Mr. Seinosuke Ide (National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo) who majored in the history of Buddhist art in Eastern Asia and Mr. Tomoyuki Masuda (Joshibi University of Art and Design) who majored in Christian art to attend our meetings as lecturers, we, after each presentation, had animated discussions on the subjects focusing on the edification and ritual in religious art. We developed the arguments about the subject how each Buddhist art in China, Korea and Japan was treated in religious practice on Buddhism and about the connection between liturgy and paintings on Christianity. Moreover, dealing with the Tateyaaa Cult in Buddhist art, we invited Mr. Kunihiko Shimizu (Kanazawa University) who majored in ethnography and Mr. Jun Takasu (Aichi University of Education) who studied about the art of Rokudo, we discussed about the relation between religious ritual and architectures, statues, Mandala and so on.Through the presentations and discussions, it was ascertained that both Buddhist and Christian art deeply related with religious practice such as edification, worship, medication for visualizing. At the same time, from the view point of religious practice, the parallel phenomena of Buddhist art and Christian art as well as each originality were defined. Based upon these results, we, organizer and members, developed each theme and published a report titled "Functions and Ways of Use of the Visual image in Religious Art."