日本 平等院 梵鍾에 대한 考察

A Study about The Buddhist Bell of Byōdō-in - Rethinking "The Empty Two Centuries" -Thesis -

There search starts two doubt are a son able content of the term of "The Empty Two Centuries"(空白의 2世紀), which define a bell-less gap from A.D. 977 to 1160 in the generally known Japanese History of Buddhist Bells. Focusingon "The Bell of Byōdō-in"(平等院 梵鐘), well-known to be made right after the end of "The Empty Two Centuries", it is tried to draw near the doubtful era through the analysis of this bell's style and production time. Previously it was just the in vocation, that came along with the term of "The Empty Two Centuries", which caused an eglection of the existence of Buddhist Bells under those without an inscription of date, but having a look on the ornaments and patterns, their existence is a clear fact. That is, why the idea of these two centuries should be reconsidered. In the case of the Buddhist Bell of Byodo-in, the analysis of the shape shows us, that the bell does not fit well into the context of 12th-century-styled bells and tends more to be, with it's three parted design, a product of the time around the year 1053, what would be the Byōdō-in's foundation date. Even if this classification is no proof for an exact production date, it is under the mentioned circumstances questionable, to keep on the 12th century classification. Finally the Buddhist Bell of Byōdō-in as an object of the 12th century became disputable in addtion to the fact, that the making of the bell was accompanied by the creation of statues or new buildings. In all the research shows us that we should be critical with the given issues, dealing not with the categorisation through stylistic devices, about the Buddhist Bell's History. In the future the researchment on the field of the connection and relation between the Japanese and the Korean Buddhist Bells should demand precise, dilligent handling of the given datas.