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Reconstruction of mirror-casting technique in historical age of Japan by excavated materials of casting sites

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08610404
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 考古学(含先史学)
Research InstitutionKyoto Tachibana Women's University (1997-1998)
Kyoto University (1996)

Principal Investigator

ISOGAWA Shinya  Kyoto Tachibana Women's University, Faculty of Literature, Assistant Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (30127047)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) UCHIDA Toshihide  Kyoto University of Art and Design, Faculty of Art, Professor, 芸術学部, 教授 (30132822)
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Keywordsmold / pattern / loam / Tang mirror / Japanized mirror / mirror-polisher / copper slag / arcenic copper / 錫滓 / 銅合金 / 東北院職人歌合 / 鏡磨き / 砒素銅 / 原型(げんけい) / 種型(たねがた) / 真土(まね) / ぼう唐鏡(ぼうとうきょう) / 和鏡(わきょう)
Research Abstract

1. Clay moulds of mirror have been excavated in more than 20 casting sites of Japan. In the ancient age, mirrors were produced in the government factory and aristcratic mansion. In the middle Age, Kyoto became to be the center of mirror production for private demand.
2. Ancient mirrors are made to imitate Tang-mirror. And their moulds were made by pressing its pattern to soft clay, In the 11th century, Japanized mirror was created. And their mold were made by daubing fine loam on a coarse mold and inscribing a design of flower, bird, scenery and so forth, on the surface of loam.
3. We investigated the tools to polish mirror, which are preserved in Himi Manicipal Museum, Toyama Prefecture, and gathered documents and drawings concerning mirror-polisher. The ancient metalworker made a mould, casted a metal, and polished mirrors. But in the middle age, the craftsmen, who were merely engaged in polishing mirrors, appeared.
4. Several excavated coppersiag were scientifically analized, and its composition of chemical elements became clear, In the ancient age, arcenic copper was most often used, and one of its mine is Mt. Naganobori, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All Other

All Publications (16 results)

  • [Publications] 五十川伸矢: "能登の湯立釜と中居の鋳物生産" 奥能登と時国家 研究編. (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 内田俊秀ほか: "PIXE法による銅製品の元素分析" 日本文化財科学会第15回大会資料. (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] ISOGAWA Shinya: "Excavated Casting Sites" Tchnological History of Casting. 442-462 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] ISOGAWA Shinya: "Bronze Casting Sites" Archaeology Quarterly. 41-46 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] UCHIDA Toshihide: "Technological Change of Casting in the Ancient Age" Technological History of Casting. 55-68 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] UCHIDA Toshihide: "Medieval Copper Materials in Kyoto City" Preliminaly Paper fo Society of Conservation of Cultural Property. (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 五十川伸矢: "能登の湯立釜と中居の鋳物生産" 奥能登と時国家 研究編. (1999)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 内田俊秀ほか: "PIXE法による銅製品の元素分析" 日本文化財科学会第15回大会資料. (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 五十川伸矢: "鋳造遺跡からみた古代・中世の銅鋳物生産" 季刊考古学. 第62号. 41-45 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 五十川伸矢: "能登の湯立釜と中居の鋳物生産" 奥能登と時国家 研究編. 2. (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 内田俊秀: "古代鋳造技術の変遷" 鋳物の技術史. 55-68 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 内田俊秀: "京都市内における中世の銅原料" 文化財保存修復学会予稿集. (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 五十川伸矢: "古代から中世前半における鋳鉄鋳物生産" 季刊考古学. 57. 56-59 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 五十川伸矢: "発掘された鋳造遺跡" 鋳物の科学技術史研究部会研究報告. (発表予定). (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 内田俊秀: "兵庫県多可郡中町段ノ城遺跡出土坩塙等鉱滓の調査" 段ノ城遺跡発掘調査報告書. (発表予定). (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 内田俊秀: "古代の鋳造技術" 鋳物の科学技術史研究部会研究報告. (発表予定). (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report

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