紀要No.15 安發和彰

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鶴岡＝デリヴランドの黒い聖母像～造形と歴史～
On the “Vierge Noire” at Tsuruoka Catholic Church from
Délivrande(France)

安發和彰
AWA Kazuaki

Tsuruoka Catholic Church, constructed in an
European Romanesque basilica and dedicated to
Virgin Mary, was consecrated at 1903. From that
time, in the basilica, the statue of the Virgin with
Infant Christ that was made in and sent from
Douvre le Délivrande (Normandy, France) has
been an object of veneration for the faithful and
pilgrimages over 100 years. It is also an work of
art, curved in wood (h.123cm) and richly colored
(gilded and painted in blue, red, white etc.) of the
end of 19^th century. But this statue is one of the
many copies from the original work, curved in
stone, of 16^th century.
It is called “Vierge Noire” (=Black Virgin; Kuroi
Seibo in Japanese), because the faces of Mary and
the Son were painted in dark-brown, and there
is no other life-sized statue of “Vierge Noire” in
Japan. In this following paper, I will show ①
the details why and how the statue was sent to
Tsuruoka Catholic Church from Délivrande, ②
how about the iconography of the statue, and ③
on the origins, histories, legends of the “Vierge
Noire” of Délivrande, comparing with other
statues of “Vierge Noire” remained today in
France, especially the ones of Chartres, Orléans
and so on.