Basic Information

Affiliated programs (koza)

• Graduate School of Letters, 共通 多元統合人文学, 教授

Faculty

• 国際高等教育院

Professional Memberships

• From Aug. 2011, To Present

  International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS)
• From Nov. 2010, To Present

  European Society for Studies of Central Asia and Himalayan Regions (SEECHAC)
• From Jul. 2010, To Present

  European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art (EASAA)
• From Jan. 2022

  Association for Asian Studies

Academic Degree

• 2002

  Ph.D.

Language of Instruction

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202101015665690157

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/fort323

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  Archaeology and art history of central Asia.
  Silk Road studies

• Overview of the research

  Issues of cultural flow and the dynamics of Buddhist visual communication across Asia during the 1st millennium CE. Cultural interconnection between the oases of the Tarim basin in Xinjiang, particularly Khotan, and adjacent regions – the Himalayas, China, and the Indian subcontinent.

Research Interests

• Buddhist cultural history
• Art history
• Archaeology
• Central Asia

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Art history

Papers

• ‘Khotanese Themes’ in Dunhuang: Visual and Ideological Transfer in the 9th–11th Centuries

  Erika Forte

  Buddhism in Central Asia II: Practices and Rituals, Visual and Material Transfer, Edited by Yukiyo Kasai Henrik H. Sørensen, Jul. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  
• Introduction to "Ancient central Asian Networks"

  Forte, Erika

  BuddhistRoad Paper 6.1, 31 Jan. 2019

  
• Ancient central Asian networks : rethinking the interplay of religions, art and politics across the Tarim Basin (5th-10th c.)

  Erika Forte

  BuddhistRoad Paper 6.1. Special Issue, 31 Jan. 2019

  
• Dynamics in Buddhist transfer in Eastern Central Asia 6th-14th centuries

  Carmen Meinert; Henrik Sørensen; Erika Forte; Yukiyo Kasai

  Medieval worlds: comparative and interdisciplinary studies, 30 Nov. 2018

  
• Centralità dell'oasi di Khotan nell'intercultura buddhista del primo millennio lungo i percorsi delle Vie della Seta

  Erika Forte

  Archeologia delle Vie della Seta: Percorsi, immagini e cultura materiale, 2017

  
• A new method for re-identifying ancient excavated structures on the Silk Road - the case of Kocho

  Nishimura, Yoko; Erika Forte; Kikamoto, Asanobu

  The ruins of Kocho: traces of wooden architecture on the ancient Silk Road, 2016

  
• 古代城市遗址高昌的遗构比定 — 基于地图史料批判的丝绸之路探险队考察报告整合

  Yoko, Nishimura; Erika Forte; Kitamoto, Asanobu; Yong, Zhang

  西域文史, 2015

  
• A Journey "to the land on the other side"

  Erika Forte

  Cultural flows across the Western Himalaya, 2015

  
• 毘沙門還是散脂. 和田達瑪溝托普魯克墩1號遺址的一幅壁畫新說

  Forte, Erika

  Yishushi yanjiu 艺术史研究 17, 2015

  
• 高昌古城遗迹的比定

  Forte, Erika; Nishimura, Yoko; Asabu, Kitamoto; Zhang, Yong

  高昌故城及其周边地区的考古工作报告1902-1903年冬季: 第一支皇家普鲁士吐鲁番探险队, 2015

  
• Tibet in dialogue with its neighbours

  Forte, Erika; Liang, Junyan; Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E.

  2015

  
• On a wall painting from Toplukdong site no. 1 in Domoko

  Erika Forte

  Changing forms and cultural identity: religious and secular iconographies : papers from the 20th conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art held in Vienna from 4th to 9th of July 2010, 2014

  
• コータン地區ドモコ發見トプルクトン1號佛寺と瞿摩帝寺傳説

  Forte, Erika

  東方學研究論集: 高田時雄敎授退職記念 / 東方學硏究論集刊行會編, 2014

  
• Bibliographic database: Cultural history of the Western Himalaya and adjacent areas

  2013

  
• Symposium Report: The Art and Cultural History of Central and Western Tibet, 8th to 15th Century and Cultural Heritage Preservation, University of Vienna, 6-8 April 2011

  Klimburg-Salter, Debora; Erika Forte

  Orientations: the monthly magazine for collectors and connoisseurs of Asian art, 2011

  
• Western/Central Tibet and Khotan

  Erika Forte

  The art and cultural history of Central and Western Tibet, 8th to 15th century: Workshop: Cultural heritage preservation; University of Vienna, April 5–9th, 2011, 2011

  
• Khotan in the last quarter of the first millennium

  Erika Forte

  Coins, art and chronology II: the first millennium C. E. in the Indo-Iranian borderlands, 2010

  
• Il buddhismo a Longmen

  Erika Forte

  Alla maniera di: convegno in Ricordo di Maria Teresa Lucidi ; Roma, Sapienza Università di Roma, 28-30 maggio 2007, 2010

  
• Ryūmon no Hōsenji. Hakkutsu chōsa ni motozuku garan haichi no shohōteki kōsatsu

  Erika Forte

  Creating the framework for a comparative history of Japanese and Chinese architecture. Palaces, religious places, dwellings: Papers of the International Symposium 2007, 2008

  
• 龍門の奉先寺.発掘 調査にもとづく伽藍配置の初歩的考察

  Erika Forte

  Creating the Framework for a Comparative History of Japanese and Chinese Architecture. Palaces, religious Places, Dwellings,, 2008

  
• Splendori architettonici

  Erika Forte

  Archaeologia viva, 2006

  
• Descriptive exhibition catalogue entries no. 84, 85, 86, 87

  Erika Forte

  Tang. Arte e cultura in Cina prima dell’anno Mille, 2005

  
• L’architettura

  Erika Forte

  Tang: arte e cultura in Cina prima dell'anno mille (Catalogo della mostra, Napoli 16 dicembre 2005 - 22 aprile 2006), 2005

  
• The excavations at the Fengxiansi site in Longmen, China

  Erika Forte

  Buddhist Asia 1: papers from the First Conference of Buddhist Studies held in Naples in May 2001 / Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", Centro di Studi sul Buddhismo, 2003

  
• The finds from trial-trench A — other finds

  Erika Forte

  Annali / Università degli Studi di Napoli l'Orientale, 1998

  
• Review: Nichi-in kyōdō gakujutsu chōsadan (Indo-Japanese Joint Excavation Project) ed., Gion shōja. Saheto iseki hakkutsu chōsa hōkokusho. Excavation at Jetavana (Saheth) – A Buddhist Site in Uttar Pradesh (1986-89). Kansai daigaku, Ōsaka 1997

  Erika Forte

  Annali / Università degli Studi di Napoli l'Orientale, 1997, Lead author

  
• I Buddha colossali

  Erika Forte

  Paramita: quaderni di buddhismo / a cura della Fondazione Maitreya Associata all'Unione Buddhista Italiana, 1996

  
• Images of Patronage in Khotan

  Erika Forte

  Buddhism in Central Asia I, 02 Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author

  

Presentations

• The Eight Protectors in Dunhuang: Khotanese Kingdom’s Avatars in a Chinese Visual Context

  Erika Forte

  66th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EASTERN STUDIES, 28 May 2022, Invited

  
• Depictions of Auspicious Statues: Khotan-Dunhuang Aller-retour

  Erika Forte

  Connecting Dunhuang: Sites, Art, and Ideas along the Silk Road(s), 23 Apr. 2022

  
• How many Mashe/Ma dza monasteries existed in Ancient Khotan?

  Erika Forte

  Association for Asian Studies, Annual Conference 2022, Panel on Unearthing networks in the Buddhist world: cases from central and East Asia, 26 Mar. 2022

  
• ‘Khotanese’ Themes in Dunhuang. Visual and Ideological Transfer in the 9th–11th Centuries

  Erika Forte

  Establishing of Buddhist Nodes in Eastern Central Asia 6th to 14th C. - Part II: Visual and Material Transfer, Practices and Rituals, Invited

  
• The Eight Great Protectors reunited? Patterns of patronage and legitimation in Khotan

  Erika Forte

  The 24th conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, 05 Jul. 2018

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Comprehensive Studies of Indian Buddhist Monasteries from the Gupta Period Onward

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

  Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields

  Mie University

  Taiken KYUMA

  From 01 Apr. 2018, To 31 Mar. 2022, Project Closed

  インド仏教;僧院;グプタ朝;密教思想;イスラーム

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18H03569/
• Documentation and Study on Khotan-related Visual Themes in the arts of Dunhuang (9th to 11th centuries)

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Basic Section 01060:History of arts-related

  Kyoto University

  Forte Erika

  From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted

  Khotan;Dunhuang;Art;Archaeology;Buddhism;Silk Road;Cave Temples;China;Buddhist art

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K00162/
• Monasteries and Secularity in Indian Buddhism from the Gupta Period Onward

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

  Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields

  Mie University

  久間 泰賢

  From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted

  インド仏教;僧院;在家主義;世俗権力;密教思想

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22H00002/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Research and Advanced Studies (KBR/VMC) A

  JK41, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Archaeology (Special Lectures)

  7031, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Archaeology (Special Lectures)

  7031, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Oriental History I-E2

  H290, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  History of Oriental Art II-E2

  H395, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  History of Oriental Art I-E2

  H394, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Oriental History II-E2

  H291, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Archaeology (Special Lectures)

  7031, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Archaeology (Special Lectures)

  7031, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Research and Advanced Studies (KBR/VMC) A

  JK41, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Oriental History II-E2

  H291, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Oriental History I-E2

  H290, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  History of Oriental Art II-E2

  H395, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  History of Oriental Art I-E2

  H394, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Research 1~3-Seminar (KBR/VMC)(Lecture)

  JK23, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Archaeology (Special Lectures)

  7031, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Archaeology (Special Lectures)

  7031, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Oriental History II-E2

  H291, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  History of Oriental Art II-E2

  H395, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Oriental History I-E2

  H290, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  History of Oriental Art I-E2

  H394, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  History of Oriental Art I-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  History of Oriental Art II-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Oriental History I-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Oriental History II-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2024

  講演委員会　委員
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2025

  図書委員