2024 February Workshop
[English below]
「中世日本における言葉、テキスト、儀礼の響き：日本宗教研究の方法論を考える」
2024年2月17-18日
9:00-11:30（日本時間）オンライン会議（ZOOM）
2月17日（土）
「宗教テキストとマティリアリティ」
Jesse Drian (University of California Los Angeles)
「寺社縁起の受容と知識の集積：中世聖徳太子伝における厳島縁起をめぐって」
本井牧子 (コメンテーター；京都府立大学)
「儀礼と実践」
川崎剛志 (就実大学)
「院政期における大峯修行の盛行と儀礼化」
Caleb Carter (コメンテーター；九州大学)
回想：近本謙介氏の学問的貢献を振り返る
Rachel Saunders (Harvard Art Museums)
阿部美香（名古屋大学大学院人文学研究科附属人類文化遺産テクスト学研究センター）
「南無仏太子像と像内納入品におけるほとけとことば」
2月18日（日）
開始の言葉
Matthew McMullen (南山宗教文化研究所)
「宗教文学と和歌」
Edward Kamens (Yale University)
「維摩経十喩と和歌のレトリック」
山本章博（コメンテーター；上智大学）
全体討論
司会：Eric Haruki Swanson (Loyola Marymount University）
テーマ：「中世日本の宗教文化研究における言葉、テキスト、儀礼の響き：学際的な方法論・研究者のグローバルな繋がりの重要性について」
回想
阿部泰郎（龍谷大学・名古屋大学高等研究院）
「貞慶という主体を通じてみる近本謙介氏の研究が志向する「ほとけ・ことば・図像」の世界」
まとめ
松尾剛次（山形大学）
“Vibrations of Word, Text, and Ritual in Medieval Japan: Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Study of Japanese Religious Culture”
Date: February 17-18, 2024, 9:00-11:30AM (JAPAN time)
Modality: Online (ZOOM)
The PJRW symposium, “Vibrations of Word, Text, and Ritual in Medieval Japan,” co-hosted by the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture), is dedicated to the academic contributions of the late Professor Kensuke Chikamoto. Professor Chikamoto’s work was impressive both in its expansive scope including topics relating to medieval literature, waka poetry, history, Buddhist ritual space, and medieval illustrated narratives (engi). His approach to these varying topics were marked with a deep understanding of the importance of interdisciplinarity, an attentiveness to close analysis of text and image, and a sensitivity to what these materials reveal to us about the medieval imagination. This two-day seminar will be divided into three sessions that represent broad topics of interest seen in Chikamoto’s work: Religious Text and Materiality, Ritual Space and Practice, and Religious Literature and Poetry.
Schedule:
February 17(Sat)
Session 1 (Theme: Religious Text and Materiality)
Jesse Drian (University of California Los Angeles)
“Embedded Origin Narratives and Compiled Knowledge: The Itsukushima Origin Narrative within Medieval Legends of Prince Shōtoku”
Motoi Makiko (Commentator, Kyoto Prefectural University)
Session 2 (Theme: Ritual Space and Practice)
Kawasaki Tsuyoshi (Shujitsu University)
“The Ascent and Ritualization of Ascetic Practice on Mt. Omine in the Insei Period”
Caleb Carter (Commentator, Kyushu University)
Reflections
Rachel Saunders (Harvard University)
Abe Mika (Research Center for Cultural Heritage and Texts, Nagoya University)
“Examining Words, Buddhas, and Ritual through the Harvard Art Museum Prince Shōtoku at Age Two Statue”
February 18 (Sun)
Opening Remarks:
Matthew McMullen (Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture)
Session 3 (Theme: Religious Literature and Poetry)
Edward Kamens (Yale University)
“The Ten Vimalakīrti Sūtra Tropes (Yuimakyō jūyu 維摩経十喩) and the Rhetoric of Waka“
Yamamoto Akihiro (Commentator, Sophia University）
Panel Discussion
Eric Haruki Swanson (Moderator; Loyola Marymount University)
Discussion Theme: “Word, Text, and Ritual in the Study of Japanese Religions: Reflections on Interdisciplinary Approaches and Global Collaboration”
Final Reflections
Abe Yasuro (Ryukoku University; Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Research)
“The World of Buddhas, Words, and Art through the Lens of Chikamoto Kensuke’s Research on Jōkei”
Closing Remarks
Matsuo Kenji (Yamagata University)
