Basic Items

• 大西　磨希子 ONISHI Makiko Bukkyo University School of Buddhism Department of Buddhist Studies

Degree

• 2005-07 Doctor of Letters Waseda University

Research Keywords

Research Areas

• Fine art history

Research Theme

• Representation of the Sixteen Contemplations in the Tubo Period at Dunhuang Mogao Caves
• The Relationship among Contemplations and Representations of Amitābha Buddha in the Chinese Buddhist Art

Career

• 2010-04 2015-03 Associate Professor, School of Buddhism, Bukkyo University
• 2008-04 2010-03 Associate Professor, Faculty of World Heritage Studies, Cyber University
• 2006-04 2008-03 Post Doctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Informatics (NII)
• 2005-04 2006-03 Project Research Fellow, National Institute of Informatics (NII)
• 2002-04 2005-03 Post Doctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Academic Background

• 1997-04 2002-03 Waseda University
• 1993-04 1996-03 Waseda University
• 1989-04 1993-03 Waseda University

Committee Career

Prize

• The 9th Society Award, the Society of History of Art, Waseda University 1998-06

Papers

• Empress Wu and the Sarcophagus-style Sarira Container: Its Origin and Spread Related to the Finger Relic of Famen Temple and the Nationwide Relic-distribution Campaign in the Yifeng Era 2023-10
• Sattva in Chinese Buddhist Paintings: Space Perception and the Form of Representation of Human Beings in the Tang Dynasty 2023-08
• Reconsidering the Process of Copying the Baoyu Jing Commissioned by Empress Komyo 2022-03
• Wu Zetian and Ashoka: Policies on Relic Destribution in the Yifeng Era (676-679) and Pagoda Construction in Dayun Jing Shu 2021-12
• Relic-distribution Campaign in Yifeng era 2021-08

Misc

Bibliography

• Buddhist Art History in the Tang Dynasty: The Prevalence of the Buddhist Culture and its Influence on Japan in the Nara Period 2017-02
• Study of Paintings of Amitabha's Western Paradise 2007-02

Conferences

• Sattva in Chinese Buddhist Paintings: Space Perception and the Form of Representation of Human Beings in the Tang Dynasty 2022-10-01
• Relic Worship of Empress Wu and the Commentary on the Dayun jing 2019-04-17
• Empress Wu and Buddhism 2018-09-16
• Taima Mandala Tapestry: The Image and Meaning 2018-07-21
• Transcription and Spread of Buddist Sutras: the Case of Baoyu jing (Jeweled Rain Sutra) of Gogatsu Tsuitachi Sutras 2017-12-09

Academic Societies

• Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies
• Nihon Buddhist Research Association
• The Toho Gakkai （The Institute of Eastern Culture）
• 2015-04 The Society of the History of Buddhism
• 1994-05 The Japan Art History Society

Works

Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds)

• 2017 2017
• 2016 2016
• Studies on the Taima Mandala Tapestry 2013 2016
• 2008 2010
• 2006 2007

Patents

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