Construction of database on the microscopic features of Chinese wood

• Project/Area Number: 20580187
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Wood science
• Research Institution: National Research Institute Cultural Properties, Nara
• Principal Investigator: ITOH Takao National Research Institute Cultural Properties, Nara, 埋蔵文化財センター, 客員研究員 (70027168)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUGIYAMA Jyunji 京都大学, 生存圏研究所, 教授 (40183842)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 中国産木材 / 解剖学的記載 / 顕微鏡的特徴 / 顕微鏡的特徴の記載 / 木材標本 / 木材プレパラート / 樹種同定 / 木材データベース

Research Abstract

The aim of this research project was to construct a database of microscopic features of 1000 Chinese wood. The anatomical description of 1000 species of Chinese wood and taking microscopic pictures of 600 Chinese wood have been done. Therefore, the basic data to construct a database of microscopic features of Chinese wood was almost completed. It would be expected to accelerate the researches on the wood species and wood utilization of wooden cultural properties in China based on the data that have been piled up through the researches supported by JSPS.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Identification des bois de huit sculptures chinoises et de deux sculptures japonaises conserves aux Musees royaux d'Art et d'Histoire de Bruxelles (2008)
  • Author(s): Mechtild Mertz, Takao Itoh
  • Journal Title: Bulletin des Musees Royaux D'art et D'histoire Parc du Cinquantenaire Bruxelles 76
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 出土木製品の樹種同定 (2008)
  • Author(s): 伊東隆夫・Mechtild Mertz・Pan Biao・Luo Jiayan
  • Journal Title: 「松浦市鷹島海底遺跡」平成13・14年度鷹島町神崎港改修工事に伴う緊急調査報告書、松浦市文化財調査報告書(第2集)(長崎県松浦市教育委員会) Pages: 193-230
• [Presentation] 中国における木の文化研究の2, 3の事例-樹種同定からのアプローチ- (2011)
  • Author(s): 伊東隆夫・Mechtild Mertz
  • Organizer: 第61回日本木材学会年会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-18
• [Presentation] 中国における木の文化研究の2,3の事例-樹種同定からのアプローチ- (2011)
  • Author(s): 伊東隆夫・Mechtild Mertz
  • Organizer: 第61回日本木材学会年会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学、京都
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-18
• [Presentation] Recent progress on the study of wood culture in China-case studies from the aspect of wood identification- (2010)
  • Author(s): 伊東隆夫
  • Organizer: 4^<th> International Symposium on Wood Culture
  • Place of Presentation: Yangling, Shaanxi
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-24
• [Presentation] A database of microscopic features for Chinese woods and its application for understanding of the "wood culture" (2009)
  • Author(s): 伊東隆夫
  • Organizer: 2009年度中国木材科学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 福州
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-26
• [Presentation] A database of the microscopic features of Chinese woods and its application (2008)
  • Author(s): 伊東隆夫, Li Dagang, Pan Biao, Luo Jiayan, Cui Yongzhi, Mechtiid Mertz
  • Organizer: 国際木材科学会(IAWPS)
  • Place of Presentation: 中華人民共和国・ハルピン市・東北林業大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-27
• [Presentation] Database of tree species used for ancient wooden objects in China (2008)
  • Author(s): Zhai Schengcheng, Takao Itoh, Mechtild Mertz, Pan Biao, Li Dagang
  • Organizer: 4^<th> Conference of the Society of East Asian Archaeologists
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-03
• [Book] Analysis of wood species in the collection,In, "Wisdom Embodied, Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" (2011)
  • Author(s): Mechtild Nertz, Takao Itoh
  • Total Pages: 256
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
• [Book] 木の文化と科学 (2008)
  • Author(s): 伊東隆夫
  • Total Pages: 220
  • Publisher: 海青社