MORI Masahide - Directory of Researchers at Kanazawa University

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Professor MORI Masahide

Basic
Research
Education
Social Contribution

Faculty, Affiliation

Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Human and Social Sciences

College and School Educational Field

Division of Humanities, Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies
Division of Human and Socio-Environment Studies, Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies
School of Humanities, College of Human and Social Sciences
Course in Asian Studies, School of International Studies, College of Human and Social Sciences

Laboratory

Filed Study of Cultures Course

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
London University Doctor School of Oriental and African Studies 1997 Completed
Nagoya University Doctor Graduate School, Division of Letters 199004 Unfinished course
Nagoya University Master Graduate School, Division of Letters 198603 Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Nagoya University 198403
【Degree】
Ph.D.

Career

Nagoya University Faculty of Letters(1990年05月01日-1993年03月31日)
Koyasan University Institute for Esoteric Buddhist Culture(1993年04月01日-1995年03月31日)
Koyasan University Faculty of Letters(1995年04月01日-1999年03月31日)
Koyasan University Faculty of Letters(1999年04月01日-2001年03月31日)
Kanazawa University Faculty of Letters Associate Professor(2001年04月01日-2007年03月31日)
Kanazawa University Faculty of Letters Professor(2007年04月01日-2008年03月31日)
Kanazawa University Faculty of Humanities and Social Science Professor(2008年04月01日-)

Year & Month of Birth

1962/03

Academic Society

Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies

Association for the Study of Buddhist iconography
Tokai Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies

Association of Pali and Buddhist Studies

Award

Association of Pali and Buddhist Studies
Association of Pali and Buddhist Studies

Specialities

Chinese philosophy/Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies、Fine art history、Religious studies

Speciality Keywords

Buddhist studies, Comparative study of cultures

Research Themes

Books

Mori Masahide Iconology of Tantric Buddhist Art 2017/02
Mori Masahide et. al. The Abhiseka Rituals in Asia 2014/10
Vajravali of Abhayakaragupta: Edition of Sanskrit and Tibetan Versions, 2 vols. The Institute of Buddhist Studies 2009/12
Reading the images of Buddhist deities 2006/08
Mori Yoshiko The Devgimahatmya Paintings Preserved at the National Archives, Kathmandu The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies for Unesco 1995/03

Three Hundred and Sixty Buddhist Deities Adroit 2001/03
Yoritomi Motohiro, Mori Masahide, Matunaga Keishi, Imai Jyoen, Pak Hyong Kok The World of Vairocana Shunjusha 2007/11
Tachikawa Musashi, Mori Masahide, Yamguchi Shinobu Five Hundred Buddhist Deities Adroit 2000/03
Image Data of Henmi Baiei Collection Preserved in the Tsurumi University Libray, Vol. 5 2014/03
Khajuraho 2014/03
Image Data of Henmi Baiei Collection Preserved in the Tsurumi University Libray, Vol. 4 2014/03
Image Data of Henmi Baiei Collection Preserved in the Tsurumi University Libray, Vol. 3 2014/01
Image Data of Henmi Baiei Collection Preserved in the Tsurumi University Libray, Vol. 2 2013/07
Image Data of Henmi Baiei Collection Preserved in the Tsurumi University Libray, Vol. 1 2013/03
Theory and Practice of Cultural Resource Information 2013/03
Practical Studies of Information in Humanities 2013/03
Mathura 2012/03
Tantric Buddhist Art in the Pala Dynasty 2012/03
Tantric Buddhist Art in Catuck District in Orissa 2012/03

Papers

The Origin and Transformations of Abhiṣeka in Indian Buddhism Ritual of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan: Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts 51-60 2022/01
The Iconography and Worship of Tara Mori Masahide 2 79-126 2016年02月25日
Images of Death and Grotesque in the Jigokue: A Cultural Study of the World after Death 00 85-120 2013/04
The Iconography of Cruel Beauties in Indian Mythology 1 37-56 2012/05
Sexuality and Death in the Guanfo sanmei hai jing 21 31-55 2008/07

The Vajravali mandala Series in Tibet 223-241 2008/03
The Relief in the Hindu caves belonging to the Early Pallava period 28 173-205 2008/03
Vajravali mandala series in TIbet 150-171 2007/12
Japanese translation and critical edition of the Usnisavijayasadhana in the Sadhanamala 137-158 2007/12
The World of the Double mandalas (Ryokai mandala) 86-105 2006/09
Listings of the Buddhist Sculpture of the Pala Period 3 1-288 2006/03
The Ambika temple in Jagat, Rajasthan 25 121-146 2006/03
The Hevajratantra 47-90 2006/01
Does the mandala stand for the mind?: A Study of Jung's interpretation of mandala 77-96 2005/11
Abhayakaragupta's ritual three works and the Acaryakriyasamuccaya 187-224 2005/11
Japanese Translation of the rajahapatanavidhi in the Valravali 25 91-127 2005/03
Japanese Translation of the sutranavidhi in the Vajravali, part 2 18 1-57 2005/03
The Installation Ceremony in Tantric Buddhism 2004/11
The Vastunaga ritual described in Tsong-kha-pa's sNgags-rim chen-po 843-856 2004/03
The figure of the sacred in Bon religion in Tibet 2004/03
A Japanese Translation of the Sutranavishi in the Vajravali nama mandalopayika Studies and Essays, Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy 24 71-117 2004/03
Sacred place and pilgrimage in Tantric Buddhism in India 144 177-232 2004/03
Hindu Deities in the Vajradhatumandala 2004/01
Kukai's view on art 184-200 2003/11
A Study of the Vastunaga 142 219-263 2003/03
The Relationship between Religious Practice and Image in \ Studies and Essays, Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy 23 63-98 2003/03
The Kalacakra and Tantric Deities Preserved in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts 267-284 2002/03
Listings of the deities included in the mandalas of the Vajravali 14 1-117 2001/02
The Bon deities depicted in the wall paintings in the Bon-rgya monastery New Horizons in Bon Culture in Tibet 509-549 2000/06
The Synopsis of the Consecration Ceremony in the sNgags-rim chen-po (Chpaters V-X) 密教文化 200 1-19 1998/03
The Fourteenth Thangka of the Vajravali-mandala Series Depicted in the Ngor Monastery 33 55-72 1998/02
Ratnakarasanti's Sadhana Literature: Sanskrit text and Tibetan translation of the Mahamayasadhana 1 131-152 1993/03

Conference Presentations

From Sarasvati to Benzaiten(conference:Hakubi Project Annual Report Meeting)(2020年03月19日)
A Study of the rDor 'phreng Part of the Five Hundred Deities of rNar thang(conference:New Directions in the Study of Tibetan Buddhist Art Histroy)(2018年04月27日)
Indian Abhiseka(conference:The World of Abhiseka: Consecration Rituals in the Buddhist Cultural Sphere)(2018年05月07日)
Eight Life Scenes of Sakyamuni Buddha in Pala Sculptures(conference:The SSilk Road and the Art of the Tibetan Plateau Forum: Pala Art its Influence in China)(2018年05月27日)

Others

Let me know about Buddhism. 2010年03月25日
Horse and Pegasus in India Nara National Museum 174-178 2008/04
Reading images of Buddha, Amitabha 52 96-142 2008/03
The depicting method ofthe mandala and its significance 51-72 2006/07
Five Hundred Buddhist Deities National Museum of Ethnology 2 1-555 1995/03

The Devimahatmya Paintings Preserved at the National Archives Mori Yoshiko 1995/03

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○しろまる「「アジア化する仏教美術」に関する総合的研究」(2023-2026)
○しろまる「仁和寺蔵御室版両部曼荼羅の版木と版本に関する総合的研究」(2021-2023)
○しろまる2020「アジア仏教美術論集南アジアII(ポスト・グプタ朝~パーラ朝)」(2020-2020)
○しろまる「キリスト教美術におけるイメージの意味と物質性:新たな図像学の構想に向けて」(2019-2023)
○しろまる「『アジア仏教美術論集中央チベットII チベット』」(2017-2017)
○しろまる「西田幾多郎のノート類史料の研究資料化と哲学形成過程の研究」(2017-2020)
○しろまる「『密教美術の図像学』」(2016-2016)
○しろまる「汎アジアの仏教図像学の構築」(2015-2017)
○しろまる「ヒマラヤをめぐり展開された密教工芸の造形と表現の研究」(2014-2017)
○しろまる「国際標準となるチベット美術の情報プラットフォームの構築と公開」(2013-2017)
○しろまる「チベットのポン教図像の文化史的考察」(2011-2014)
○しろまる「仏教儀礼の成立と展開に関する総合的研究」(2011-2015)
○しろまる「インドにおける宗教的空間の象徴性に関する学際的研究」(2006-2009)
○しろまる「仏教における空間表象の比較研究」(2005-2007)
○しろまる「中インド新発掘仏教遺跡の総合的研究」(2005-2007)
○しろまる「古代インドにおける宗教的造型の諸相:寺院建築と美術の成立と展開」(2002-2005)
○しろまる「ヒマーラヤ地域における仏教タントリズムの基層に関する研究」(2002-2005)
○しろまる「チベット仏教絵画の図像学的および様式史的研究」(2001-2002)
○しろまる「北京首都博物館蔵・中国現存金銅仏群の総合的研究」(2001-2004)
○しろまる「イスラーム教と接触以後の南アジア諸宗教の相互関係に関する研究」(2001-2004)
○しろまる「宗教的実践における視覚イメージの機能」(1999-2000)
○しろまる「ネパール写本の画像データベースの構築」(1997-1998)
○しろまる「オリッサ州カタック地区の密教図像の研究」(1996-1998)
○しろまる「マンダラの理論と実践の比較研究」(1993-1995)
○しろまる「ヒンドゥー儀礼の歴史性、地域性および社会階層性に関する研究」(1993-1995)
○しろまる「宗教的実践の視点による仏教美術とキリスト教美術の比較研究」(1997-1998)
○しろまる「インド密教の空間認識に関する文献学的研究」(1993-1993)
○しろまる「コンピューターを利用した密教儀礼の文献学的研究」(1991-1991)

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

○しろまるSurvey of Comparative Studies of Cultures A(2017)
○しろまるSeminar on Comparative Studies of Cultures B(2017)
○しろまるBuddhist Culture(2017)
○しろまるSurvey of Comparative Studies of Cultures B(2017)
○しろまるMethodology of Field Research(2017)
○しろまるComparative cultural studies of imagery(2017)
○しろまるSurvey of Comparative Studies of Cultures(2017)
○しろまるThoughts and Religion in Japan(2017)
○しろまるMethodology of Field Research B(2017)
○しろまるBuddhist Culture(2017)
○しろまるAn interdisciplinary approach to the world heritages(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Thanatology(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Information Technology(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Thanatology(2017)
○しろまるSeminar on Comparative Studies of Cultures B(2017)
○しろまるSurvey of Comparative Studies of Cultures A(2017)
○しろまるLecture on Buddhist Culture(2017)
○しろまるSeminar of Graduation thesis A(2017)
○しろまるThoughts and Religion in Japan(2017)
○しろまるSeminar on Comparative Studies of Cultures B(2017)
○しろまるSurvey of Comparative Studies of Cultures B(2017)
○しろまるMethodology of Field Research A(2017)
○しろまるPractice of Comparative Cultures A(2017)
○しろまるPractice of Comparative Cultures B(2017)
○しろまるLecture on the Transformation of Culture(2016)
○しろまるLecture on South Asian Culture(2016)
○しろまるCommon English 2(2016)
○しろまるThoughts and Religion in Japan(2016)
○しろまるBuddhist Culture(2016)
○しろまるSouth Asian Culture(2016)
○しろまるIntroduction to the Modern Japanese Culture and Society(2016)
○しろまるIntroduction to Information Technology(2016)
○しろまるPractice of Comparative Cultures A(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on Comparative Studies of Cultures B(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on the History of Cultural Intercourse in Asia: A(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on South Asian Culture A(2016)
○しろまるPractice of Comparative Cultures B(2016)
○しろまるReligious Studies A(2016)
○しろまるReligious Studies A(2016)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I1(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 1(2017)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I2(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 2(2017)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource I2(2017)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I2(2017)
○しろまるThe Cultural History of Buddhism II(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 2(2017)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I1(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 1(2017)
○しろまるThe Cultural History of Buddhism I(2017)
○しろまるSeminar on The Cultural History of Buddhism(2017)
○しろまるSeminar on The Cultural History of Buddhism I(2017)
○しろまるSeminar on The Cultural History of Buddhism II(2017)
○しろまるComparative Study of the History of Cultures 2(2017)
○しろまるComparative Study of the History of Cultures 1(2017)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource I1(2017)
○しろまるSynthetic Studies of Space(2017)
○しろまるSeminar on Synthetic Studies of Space(2017)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures I1(2017)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures I2(2017)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures II1(2017)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures II2(2017)
○しろまるThe Cultural History of Buddhism(2017)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 1(2016)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures II2(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource II1(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource I2(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource II2(2016)
○しろまるComparative Study of the History of Cultures 1(2016)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 2(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource II1(2016)
○しろまるStudy of Religious Figures 2(2016)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures I1(2016)
○しろまるStudy of Religious Figures 1(2016)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures I2(2016)
○しろまるComparative Study of the History of Cultures 2(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource II2(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on The Cultural History of Buddhism(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on Synthetic Studies of Space(2016)
○しろまるTraining on Research Project Management(2016)
○しろまるThe Cultural History of Buddhism I(2016)
○しろまるSynthetic Studies of Space(2016)
○しろまるTraining on Research Project Management(2016)
○しろまるThe Cultural History of Buddhism II(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on The Cultural History of Buddhism II(2016)
○しろまるThe Cultural History of Buddhism(2016)
○しろまるSupervised Independent Study and Research II(2016)
○しろまるTraining on Research Project Management I(2016)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I2(2016)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 2(2016)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures II1(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource I1(2016)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I2(2016)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I1(2016)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I1(2016)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies 1(2016)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies(2016)
○しろまるStudy of cultural figures(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on The Cultural History of Buddhism I(2016)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures I(2016)
○しろまるHistory of interchange of Eastern cultures(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource I(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource II(2016)
○しろまるIntroduction to Cultural Resource Studies(2016)
○しろまるSupervised Independent Study and Research II(2016)
○しろまるInformation Science of Cultural Resource II(2016)
○しろまるExercise of comparative study of cultures II(2016)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I(2016)
○しろまるSeminar in Information Science of Cultural Resources I(2016)
○しろまるSeminar on transformation of cultures II(2016)

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