雲第6窟の図像構成について--仏伝図像に焦点を当てて

摘要

Among the Yungang 雲岡 Caves which were excavated during the Northern Wei 北魏 (386-534) dynasty, Cave 6 is one of the most problematic one, and has been discussed for a long time. In Cave 6, there are various scenes from the life of Buddha depicted on the central pillar and sidewalls surround it in a complicated iconographical composition. In these reliefs, Chinese style garments appear for the first time in the history of Yungang Caves. In this article, I focus on the reliefs of scenes from Buddha’s life in Cave 6, and make a comparison with other works in detail. As a result, I make it clear that there can be seen influences from the Liangzhou 涼州 style Buddhist images and Yungang Cave 7・8.