能登半島における中世石窟の様相

• 間宮 正光

書誌事項

タイトル別名

• Medieval Stone Cave-Chambers of the Noto Peninsula

抄録

Medieval stone cave-chambers similar to the yagura of Kamakura are known from the Noto Peninsula. The objectives of this paper are to describe these chambers, compare them with the yagura, and examine the historical factors behind their appearance.<BR>Five cave-chambers are known from the Noto Peninsula, including possible examples and those which reuse former side-chamber tombs. They were mainly constructed from the second quarter of the 14th century through to the 15th century and thus they do not date to the time of the florescence of the city of Kamakura, representing instead the end of cave-chamber construction in Japan. With respect to structure, there are no differences from the yagura and they had been considered as very similar features. Analysis of the interior and burial features, however, has shown that compared to yagura of the same size, the interior of the cave-chambers was large and decorations representing a gabled roof were placed above the outer entrance.<BR>As regards the persons who constructed these cave-chambers, they tend to be located in areas where temples of esoteric Buddhism or Zen temples of the Rinzai sect had a strong influence. It can thus be imagined that persons linked with the Ritsu or Rinzai sects were involved. That few of these chambers were built suggests a group with a shared burial ethos and the fact that they are concentrated in the area around Himi in Toyama Prefecture where the Rinzai sect spread its teachings is also suggestive.<BR>Reviewing the historical causes for the construction of cave-chambers on the Noto Peninsula, these chambers mainly appear after the fall of the Kamakura bakufu and it is argued that with the weakening of the influence of Shingon and the increase in the power of Zen and Pure Land Buddhism, a burial system based was established based on the yagura of Kamakura through the medium of a broad-scale transportation network centered on ports and harbors. While the yagura had had close links with temples as part of an overall religious spatial structure, the decorated and functionally spacious cave-chambers of the Noto Peninsula were themselves each creations of religious space.

収録刊行物

• 日本考古学

  日本考古学 11 (18), 131-148, 2004

  一般社団法人 日本考古学協会

キーワード

• 中世
• 能登半島
• 中世石窟,墓制

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282680294646272
• NII論文ID: 130003440453
• DOI: 10.11215/nihonkokogaku1994.11.18_131
• ISSN: 18837026
• ISSN: 13408488
• 本文言語コード: ja
• データソース種別:
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  • CiNii Articles
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