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Study on the red colorants in the 19th century in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K16737
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Fine art history
Research InstitutionNational Museum of Japanese History

Principal Investigator

Shimadzu Yoshiko  国立歴史民俗博物館, 大学共同利用機関等の部局等, 准教授 (10523756)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsコチニール / 赤色染料 / 錦絵の赤 / カーマインレーキ / 錦絵 / 彩色材料 / 明治
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Dyestuff were used not only for dyeing textile but also in paintings, Nishiki-e prints, and polychrome sculpture. Especially for the red in Nishiki-e prints in the early Meiji period, it is thought that synthetic dyes were used. However, this research reveals it was carmine lake which was made of an insect red; cochineal. While, wool textile dyed with cochineal were already imported in the late Edo period.
Both carmine lake and textile dyed with cochineal were not produced in Japan, although they were available in Europe at the same time; in the early modern period.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

絵画や錦絵版画などに染料が用いられていることは、資料観察や技法書などの記述により以前から知られていた。今回、使われた染料を実資料の分析によって同定することで、染料利用の実態を一部明らかにした。
染料分析では、色素成分や媒染剤などを比較することで染料を同定する。本研究で着目したコチニールでは、染色の場合と、色材として加工される場合で、必ずしも同じ媒染剤を使っているとは限らないことが明らかとなった。資料の属性を考慮した染料の同定基準を再検討する必要がある。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2017

All Presentation (1 results)

  • [Presentation] 幕末明治期の錦絵における赤色色材の使用実態2017

    • Author(s)
      島津美子, 大和あすか
    • Organizer
      文化財保存修復学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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