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Publications by Dr. Ataru Sotomura

Monographs

2024

Ataru Sotomura and Yasuo Inamoto (ed.): ‘Mieru’mono ya ‘mienai’mono o arawasu – higashi ajia no shisô, bunbutsu, geijutsu 「見える」ものや「見えない」ものをあらわす：東アジアの思想・文物・藝術 / Visible and Invisible Entities in Thought, Culture, and Arts of East Asia. Tôkyô: Benseisha. [Joint Research Report, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University].

2015

The Buddhist Heavens 天: Source Manual for Iconographic Research on the Buddhist Universe, Part II, Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Working Paper No. 18 (Apr. 2015). https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/nsc-working-papers/the-buddhist-heavens-source-manual-for-iconographic-research-on-the-buddhist-universe-part-ii/

2011

Mt. Sumeru 須彌山: Source Manual for Iconographic Research on the Buddhist Universe, Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Working Paper No.6 (Sep. 2011). https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/nsc-working-papers/mt-sumeru-source-manual-for-iconographic-research-on-the-buddhist-universe/

2003

mit Tanaka, Tan / Fukuda, Miho (Hg.) Chûgoku kodai zôen shiryô shûsei. Tôkyô: Chûô kôron bijutsu shuppan. [Kompilation und Index chinesischer Texte zur Land­schafts‑ und Gartenkunst von der Qin‑ bis zur Sui-Dynastie].

1991 

mit Sybille Girmond: Der japanische Garten in Leverkusen. Farbiges Spiegelbild der vier Jahreszeiten. Heidelberg: Edition Braus.

Articles and chapters

2024

“Heiankyô no chûjikusen to nanbôtenketsu no dentô ni tsuite 平安京の中軸線と南望天闕の伝統について / The Central Axis of Heiankyo (present-day Kyoto) and the Traditional Concept of ‘Facing the Heavenly Gate in the South’”. In: Michi Shigeta (ed.) ‘Nihon no dentô bunka’ o toinaosu 「日本の伝統文化」を問い直す / Reexamining ‘Tradition’ in Traditional Japanese Cultures. Kyôtô: Rinsenshoten, 34-71.

“Dôkakei to jukakei to iseshintô no ‘itsunaru’mono 道家系と儒家系と伊勢神道の「一なる」もの / ‘The One’ as Expounded in the Classical Texts of Daoism, Confucianism, and Ise Shintô”. In: Ataru Sotomura and Yasuo Inamoto (ed.): ‘Mieru’mono ya ‘mienai’mono o arawasu – higashi ajia no shisô, bunbutsu, geijutsu / Visible and Invisible Entities in Thought, Culture, and Arts of East Asia. Tôkyô: Benseisha, 509-536.

2023

“Iwayuru ‘buddha naki butsudenzu’ ni hyôgensareta buddha to shômonjô (ubu oyobi daishubu) no busshinron ni tsuiteいわゆる「仏陀なき仏伝図」に表現されたブッダと声聞乗（有部および大衆部）の仏身論について / The Buddha as depicted in the so-called ‘Aniconic Representations of Buddha Biography’ and the Theories of the Early Buddhist Schools (Sarvāstivādin and Mahāsāṃghika) on the Buddha-Body”. In: Yasuo Inamoto (ed.) Shaka-shinkô to Bijutsu. Kyôto: Shibunkaku shuppan, 49-77.

2022

“Ryôgakyô ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 『楞伽経』が説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの : 〈「真我」〉は「常道」であり、〈初期状態の「阿賴耶識」〉は「一なる」ものである / Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra: The Initial State of “Ᾱlaya-vijñāna” corresponds to “the One” of the Early Daoist Theory”. In: Kenkyûkai happyô shiryôshû 研究会発表資料集. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (2022-03-26), 1-40. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/276088

2021

“Konkômyôkyô ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 『金光明経』が説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの : 〈「見える」霊鷲山のシャカ〉から〈「見えない」もので、広大無限なる、法身のブッダ〉へ / Suvarṇa-prabhāsa-sūtra: From the Visible Buddha Preaching at the Vulture Peak to the Invisible Buddha Pervading the Whole Space of the Universe”. In: Kenkyûkai happyô shiryôshû 研究会発表資料集. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (2021-12-11), 1-43. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/276087

“Dôgyô-hannyagyô ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 『道行般若経』が説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの : 般若波羅蜜(すなわち大乗)とは、ブッダの「見えない」母である /  Lokakṣema's translation of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra: Prajñāpāramitā is Mahāyāna as the Invisible Buddha Mother”. In: Kenkyûkai happyô shiryôshû 研究会発表資料集. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (2021-06-05), 1-23. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/276086

“Daijô-nehangyô ga toku ´mieru´mono to ´mienai´mono『大乗涅槃経』が説く「見える」ものと「見えない」もの：いわゆる涅槃図は涅槃図ではない / Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: Nehan Paintings Encoding the Invisible Parinirvāṇa ”; “Hokekyô ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 『法華経』が説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの：久遠身と方便身、一世界一仏と二仏並坐ほか / Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra: Two Finite Buddha Bodies”; “Enanji ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 『淮南子』が説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの：「常道」と「一なる」もの / Huainanzi: Two Invisible Ways ”; “Dôka (rôsô) ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 道家（老荘）が説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの：「一なる」ものこそ「道」である / Laozi and Zhuangzi: The Only Way ”. In: Yasuo Inamoto (ed.) Bukkyô to dôkakei no ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 仏教と道家系の「見える」ものや「見えない」もの: 京都大学人文科学研究所共同研究国際ワークショップ参考資料集 / Collaborative Research Project: International Workshop-related Papers: The Visible and/or Invisible Entities of Buddhism and Early Daoist Philosophy: Kyôto: Yasuo Inamoto (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyôto University), 1-22, 23-54, 55-72, 73-100.

2020

“Jôdo-sanbukyô nado ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono 「浄土三部経」などが説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの : 西方浄土変は阿弥陀浄土を描いたものではない / The Three Pure Land Sutras and others: So-called Saihō-jōdohen does not represent Buddha Amida’s Western Pure Land ”. In: Kenkyûkai happyô shiryôshû 研究会発表資料集. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (2020-08-23), 1-21. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/276085

2020 peer-reviewed

“Shaka no nyûmetsunen ni tsuite: Shakamuni to Ashôkaô to Kanishukaô ni kansuru rekishijôhô no sôkanbunsekiシャカの入滅年について: シャカムニとアショーカ王とカニシュカ王に関する歴史情報の相関分析 / The Year of Śākyamuni's Death: Correlative Analysis of Historical Information on Śākyamuni, King Aśoka, and King Kanishka”. In: The Tôhô Gakuhô / Journal of Oriental Studies (Kyoto) No. 95, 580-524. https://doi.org/10.14989/261845

2019

“Kegonkyô ga toku ´mieru´mono ya ´mienai´mono『華厳経』が説く「見える」ものや「見えない」もの : 「見えない」法身と「見える」色身の二身をもっての四身説 / Buddha-avataṃsaka-sūtra: Two Invisible Dharma-bodies and Two Visible Rūpa-bodies”. In: Kenkyûkai happyô shiryôshû 研究会発表資料集. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (2019-12-21), 1-30. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/276084

2018 peer-reviewed

“Kan’yaku ‘Kegonkyô’ no genten ‘Budda-avatansaka-sûtra’ no busshinron to uchûron ni tsuite 漢訳『華厳経』の原典『ブッダ・アヴァタンサカ・スートラ』の仏身論と宇宙論について / The Theory of the Buddha-avataṃsaka-sūtra on the Buddha Body and the Universe”. In: The Tôhô Gakuhô / Journal of Oriental Studies (Kyoto) No. 93, 205-280. https://doi.org/10.14989/241065.

2017 peer-reviewed

“Shohyô: Muramoto, Kenichi (cho), Kan Gi Shin Nanbokuchô jidai no tojô to ryôbo no kenkyû / Reviews: MURAMOTO Ken'ichi, Studies on walled cities and burial mounds during the Han, Wei, Jin and Northern-Southern Dynasties periods”. In: (The Historical Society of Japan) Shigaku Zasshi 126 (10), 1654-1661.

2017

“Chûgoku tojô seidoshi gaisetsu (Zenkan kara Zui made) / The layout of the Capital Cities of China (Western Han - Sui dynasties)”. In: Kishiwadashi bunkashô, Hamada Seiryô Shô 30 shûnen kineshi, Kishiwada City & Asahi shimbun, 7-17.

2016 peer-reviewed

“Kijiru sekkutsu ni egakareta daijô no jinpenbutsu ni tsuite キジル石窟に描かれた大乗の神変仏について / The Identity of the so-called Cosmological Buddha of Kucha”. In: The Tôhô Gakuhô Journal of Oriental Studies (Kyoto) No. 91, 529-502. Download full article.

2016

“Shumisen sekai ni kansuru shosetsu to Tôdaiji daibutsu renben shumisenzu ni tsuite 須弥山世界に関する諸説と東大寺大仏蓮弁須弥山図について / A World with Mt. Sumeru as Represented in a Eighth Century Petal from the Great Buddha’s Lotus Pedestal at Tōdaiji Temple”. In: Yasuo Inamoto (ed.) Workshop Proceedings, Higashi ajia bukkyô bijutsu ni okeru seichi hyôshô no shoyôtai / Modes of Representing Sacred Sites in East Asian Buddhist Art. Kyôto: Yasuo Inamoto (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyôto University), 1-32. Download Full article.

2015 peer-reviewed

“Kegonkyô no uchûron to Tôdaiji daibutsu no ishô ni tsuite / The Cosmology of the Avataṃsaka-sūtra and the Design of the Great Buddha at Tôdaiji Temple”. In: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Nihon kenkyû, No. 51, 21-40. Link to fulltext article.

2014

“Tôdaiji daibutsu renben kebori zu ni tsuite / The Heavens Engraved on the Lotus Pedestal of the Great Buddha at Tôdaiji Temple”. In: Nanto Bukkyô / Journal of the Nanto Society for Buddhist Studies, No. 99, 88-116.

2014 peer-reviewed

“Kan’yaku butten ni mirareru Indo bukkyô no teien dezain to Kodai Chûgoku no teien tono kankei ni tsuite / Relation between Indian Buddhist Garden Designs and Ancient Chinese Gardens”. In: Nihon teien gakkai shi / Journal of the Academic Society of Japanese Garden, vol. 28, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5982/jgarden.2014.28_1.

2014

“Jôdo-teien to ‘Sakuteiki’ to ‘Gionzukyô’ / Jôdo Gardens and ‘Sakuteiki’ and ‘the Jetavana Scripture’”. In: Sakuteiki to Nihon no Teien. Kyôto: Shibunkaku shuppan, 111-147.

2013 peer-reviewed

“Shôsôin biwa genryû kô 正倉院琵琶源流攷 / The Origins and the Divergences of the Biwa-lutes as housed in the Shôsô-in”. In: Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyôto University, The Zinbun Gakuhō / Journal of Humanities, vol. 103, 1-43. http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/189485

2011 peer-reviewed

“Kodai Chûgoku no hôchi to Nansô no Shuki no ‘Hanpo-hôtô’ ni tsuite / The Square Pond in Chinese Garden History - An Approach through Zhu Xi's Small Square Pond”. In: Nihon teien gakkai shi / Journal of the Academic Society of Japanese Garden, vol. 25, 1-15. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgarden/2011/25/2011_25_1/_article

2011 peer-reviewed

“Tô no Chôan no Seidai to Tôdai oyobi Nihon no Heijô-kyû ni tsuite / The Western Palace Complex Xinei and the Eastern Palace Complex Dongnei of Chang'an City during the Tang Period and Heijô-kyû Palace of Japan”. In: Bukkyô geijutsu / Ars Buddhica, No. 317, 9-51.

2010 peer-reviewed

“Gi-shin Rakuyô tojô seido kô 魏晉洛陽都城制度攷 / The Layout of Luoyang, the Capital City in 3rd Century CE China”. In: Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, The Zinbun Gakuhō / Journal of Humanities, vol. 99, 1-29. http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/134544

2010 peer-reviewed

“Kodai Indo no gengakki <Vînâ><Varrakî><Tunava> / Ancient Indian Stringed Musical Instruments: Vīṇā, Vallakī, Tuṇava”. In: Kodaibunka / Cultura Antiqua, vol. 62(3), 65-81.

2010

Li Fei (trans.), Zhao Weiping (proof.) “Tangdai pipa zakao / Tang Pipa Examined”. In:  Yinyue yishu / Journal of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, vol. 2, 59-70. [Chinesische Übersetzung des Artikels: “Tôdai biwa zakkô: Shôsôin no ‘Shinkan’ biwa / The Tang-Dynasty Lute as Repre¬sented in Imagery from the Shôsôin and Tang Texts”. In: Rokuon zasshû. Nara kokuritsu hakubutsukan kenkyû kiyô / Bulletin of the Nara National Museum, No. II-III, 57-71, 2001. ]

2009 peer-reviewed

“Asuka no shumisen seki / The Mt. Sumeru Stone of Asuka”. In: Nihon teien gakkai shi / Journal of the Academic Society of Japanese Garden, vol. 21, 1-14. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgarden/2009/21/2009_21_21_1/_article

2009 peer-reviewed

“<Gogen> no kigen to jisei ni tsuite / The Origin of the Five-Stringed Lute and the Arrangement of its Frets”. In: Kodaibunka / Cultura Antiqua, vol. 61(3), 88-95.

2009 peer-reviewed

“Taishakuten no zenkenjô to sono enrin / Indra’s City and Gardens”. In: Nihon teien gakkai shi / Journal of the Academic Society of Japanese Garden, vol. 20, 1-19. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgarden1993/2009/20/2009_20_1/_article

2009 peer-reviewed

“Ka Kôgen no ‘Shuraiso’ to fujiwarakyô ni tsuite / Comparative study on the 7th cen­tury Chinese scholar Jia Gongyan’s commentary on ‘Zhouli’ and the plan of the Japanese capital Fujiwara-kyô (694-710)”. In: Kodaigaku kenkyû, vol. 181, 26-33.

2007      

 “Indo bukkyô no teien dezain to kodai Chûgoku no teien / Indian Buddhist Garden Designs and Ancient Chinese Gardens”. In: Dentô Chûgoku no teien to seikatsu kûkan / Landscape Architecture and Living Space in the Chinese Tradition. Interna­tional Symposium, June 9–10, 2007. Kyôto University, Institute for Research in Humanities, G1-G18.

2006 peer-reviewed    

“Kodai higashi Ajia no <ike to shima no enrin> to <ike to tsukiyama no enrin> / ‘Ponds-and-Islands in the Garden’ and ‘Ponds-and-Artificial-Mountains in the Gar­den’ in Ancient East Asia”. In: Bukkyô geijutsu/Ars Buddhica, No. 286, 13-56. [Erweiterte japanische Überarbeitung des Vortrages ‘The Fashionable Revival of Ancient Garden Designs in 7th Century China’, gehalten anläßlich der internationa­len Konferenz ‘Perceptions of Antiquity in China’s Civilization’ an der Universität Würzburg 2004.]

2005       

“<Gogen> Biwa no ryûkô ni tsuite / On the Prevalence of the Wuxian, Five-Stringed Lute”. In: Rokuon zasshû. Nara kokuritsu hakubutsukan kenkyû kiyô / Bulletin of the Nara National Museum, No. 7, 1-24 und iii. http://www.narahaku.go.jp/english/archives/kiyo/07/biwa-e.pdf

2004

“Jôdo-Tempelanlagen in Japan vom 11. bis zum 14. Jahrhundert”. In: Ostasiatische Zeitschrift, Neue Serie, Nr. 8, 7-21.

2004       

“The Fashionable Revival of Ancient Garden Designs in 7th Century China”. In: Dieter Kuhn (Hg.): Perceptions of Antiquity in China’s Civilization. International Conference. Würzburg, 27 – 29 May 2004. Abstract Volume, 17-19.

2004 peer-reviewed

“Chûgoku kodai no toshi to enrin ni tsuite no shohoteki kôsatsu / A Preliminary Exa­mination on Cities and Gardens in Ancient China”. In: Bukkyô Geijutsu / Ars Bud­dhica, No. 272, 13-33.

2004 peer-reviewed 

“Sei Shin no Han Gaku no kankyo to sansuiron ni tsuite / Pan Yue (AD 247-300)’s Urban Dwelling and Landscape Theory”. In: Randosukêpu kenkyû / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, vol. 68:1, 165-173. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jila/68/2/68_2_165/_article

2002 peer-reviewed 

“Hokushû no Yu Shin to Nanchô Kenkô no tôgû no enrin oyobi ‘Shôen fu’ ni tsuite / Discussion on the ‘Poetic Essay on a Small Garden’ (xiaoyuan fu) by Yu Xin (513-581) and the Garden of the Crown Prince of the Southern Dynasties in Jiankang (present-day Nanjing)”. In: Randosukêpu kenkyû / Journal of the Japane­se Institute of Landscape Architecture, vol. 65:4, 334-344. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jila1994/65/4/65_4_334/_article

2001 peer-reviewed

“Ryô no Shin Yaku no kôkyo ni tsuite / Shen Yüeh (441-513)’s Suburban Dwelling”. In: Randosukêpu kenkyû / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architec­ture, vol. 64:3, 266-269. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jila1994/64/3/64_3_266/_article

2001    

“Tôdai biwa zakkô: Shôsôin no ‘Shinkan’ biwa / The Tang-Dynasty Lute as Repre­sented in Imagery from the Shôsôin and Tang Texts”. In: Rokuon zasshû. Nara kokuritsu hakubutsukan kenkyû kiyô / Bulletin of the Nara National Museum, No. II-III, 57-71. http://www.narahaku.go.jp/english/archives/kiyo/02/kiyo-02-03.html , http://www.narahaku.go.jp/archives/kiyo/02/kiyo-02-03.html

1999 peer-reviewed

“Chûgoku no Dôtaiji no enchi ni tsuite / The Garden Pond of Tongtaisi Temple”. In: Randosukêpu kenkyû / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, vol. 62:4, 396-399.

1998 peer-reviewed

“Rikuchô kenkô tojô kyûjô kô / The Layout of Jiankang, Capital of the Six Dynasties”. In: Tanaka Tan (Hg.): Chûgoku gijutsu-shi no kenkyû / Studies on the History of Technology in China. Kyôto: Kyôto University Jinbun Kagaku Kenkyûjo / Kyôto Uni­versity Institute for Research in Humanities, 247-305.

1995 peer-reviewed

“Min matsu Shin sho izen no Chûgoku teien ni okeru taikoseki ni tsuite / The Taihu Rocks in Chinese Gardens before the Seventeenth Century”. In: Randosukêpu kenkyû / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, vol. 59:1, 24-36.

1994

mit Sybille Girmond “Herbst in einem japanischen Garten”. In: Atrium 1994:5, 110-116.

1994 peer-reviewed

“Nikkan no kazan shumi / The Kasan, Artificial Mountains in Korea and Japan”. In: Zôen zasshi / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects, vol. 57:3, 258-271.

1994

“Chûgoku ko enrin no ishô I - III: Ike to shima no enrin. Ike to tsukiyama no enrin. Nagare no shisetsu, ryûhaikyo”. In: (Gekkan) Sinica, vol. 5:2, 20-21, 36-37, und 50-51.

1993

“Der Zen-Garten-Disput des Tenryûji (1345). Ein Beitrag zur Entstehungsgeschichte von Zen-Gärten in Japan”. In: Claudius Müller (Hg.): Zen und die Kultur Japans. Klosteralltag in Kyôto. Berlin: Reimer Verlag, 49-62.

1992 peer-reviewed

“Sakuteiki ni iu karesansui no genryû / The Origin of the karesansui in Sakuteiki Style”. In: Zôen zasshi / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects, vol. 56:1, 1-14.

1991 peer-reviewed

“Kôfukuji sakutei hidensho no kenkyû / The Garden Making Technique Based Upon the Theory of the Flower Arrangement”. In: Zôen zasshi / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects, vol. 54:3, 215-221.

1991 peer-reviewed

“Kôfukuji sakutei shiryô / Secret Records on Garden Making at Kôfukuji Temple”. In: Zôen zasshi / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects, vol. 54:3, 222-226.

1990

“The First European Garden Introduced into Japan”. In: Aziatische Kunst. Medede­lingenblad van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst Amsterdam. 20. Jahrgang, Heft 1, 14-19.

1989 peer-reviewed

“Hanchi no gogen ‘hansui’ ni tsuite / The Origin of the Term Hanchi”. In: Zôen zasshi / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects, vol. 53:2, 77-84.

1989

“<Hitsuboku chikuseki sansuiden> ni tsuite / The <Hitsuboku chikuseki sansuiden>, an Edo Period Text on Garden Making”. In: Nihon zôen gakkai Kansai shibu happyô yôshi / [Annual] Papers of the Kansai Branch on the Japanese Institute of Land­scape Architects, 13-14.

1986 peer-reviewed

“Asukamura Shimanoshô hôchi dezain no kigen / The Origin of the Design of the Square Pond in Asuka”. In: Zôen zasshi / Journal of the Japanese Institute of Land­scape Architects, vol. 49:5, 37-42.

Translations

2009

Hanburuku bijutsu kôgei hakubutsukan shozô, Nihon no kago korekushon. Japa­nische Zusammenfassung. In: Nora von Achenbach: Kagoshi. Japans Meister der Bambusflechtkunst. Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe.

1999

Christine Bartholomäus: Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866), Japanforscher aus Würzburg. Zweisprachige Ausgabe, herausgegeben von Ulrich Wagner. Japanische Übersetzung von Ataru Sotomura. Würzburg: Stadtarchiv Würzburg [Sonderver­öffentlichungen des Stadtarchives Würzburg, Band 2]