活在日本的云冈石窟——以木下杢太郎《云冈日录》为中心

Yungang Grottoes'Influence in Japan:From the Perspective of Yungang Diary by Mokutaro Kinoshita

木下杢太郎以其1920年在大同的云冈石窟考察日记为基础出版了《云冈日录》,该书既是集文字描绘、文献印证、照片素描、内壁拓片为一体的全方位综合实录,又是客观且带有温度的旅行日志。它令更多的日本读者了解云冈石窟,也在众多日本在华游记中独具风格,同时在云冈石窟的早期研究谱系中,起到了承前启后的桥梁作用。木下杢太郎在日本对华踏查以及旅行书写甚嚣尘上之时,保持着独自的立场。云冈石窟在日本的浮沉,是近代中日关系的一个侧影,一部《云冈日录》也充满了历史的复杂性。

Mokutaro Kinoshita(木下杢太郎)published his book entitled Yungang Diary(《云冈日录》)on the basis of his daily journals about his field research in the 1920’s on the Yungang Grottoes(云冈石窟)in Datong(大同).This book is a comprehensive record combining literal descriptions,verifications of related literatures,photos,sketches,and rubbings of the inner walls of the grottoes.Meanwhile,it is also an objective travelog with vivid details.This book helps more Japanese readers to have a better understanding of the Yungang Grottoes,and extinguishes itself from many other China travel books written by Japanese authors with its unique style.What’s more,this book plays a role to bridge the gap in the pedigree of the earlier studies on the Yungang Grottoes.Mokutaro Kinoshita kept his independent position in the hype of field researches and travelogs about China by Japanese scholars in that era.The ups and downs of the study on the Yungang Grottoes in Japan reflects the Sino-Japanese relationship in modern times,and this book fully shows the complexity of the history in that period.