1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Investigation of Wide Regional Interchange from the Jomon to Kofun Peiods Utilizing Tubular red oxide of iron
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06451074
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
考古学(含先史学)
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Japanese History |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGASHIMA Masaharu National Museum of Japanese History Museum Science Department Associate professor, 情報資料研究部, 助教授 (50164421)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1996
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| Keywords | bengara / pipe-shaped bengara / Jomon period / Kofun period / wide regional interchange / red pigment / Urushi / Producing district |
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| Research Abstract |
In ancient Japan, from the Jomon to Kofun periods, red pigments are generally thought to refer to mercury cinnabar and red oxide of iron ( "bengara " ).
These red pigments are painted onto earthenware, wooden objects, and others. Bengara carefully stored in vessels are sometimes found in excavation surveys.
Now, I have found pipe-shaped particles in bengara pigments. These particles are bengara itself. Pipe-shaped bengara are very typical substances, therefore we can try to get a lot of valuable information, such as wide regional interchange, from red pigments "Bengara".
I am certain that pipe-shaped bengara had been moved around the Japanese Islands from the Jomon to Kofun periods.
Producing districts of pipe-shaped bengara have not been found, I am going to try to search where that obtain.
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