2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Research for Chinese Buddhist Sculpture of Wood by X-ray Radiography

Research Project

Project/Area Number	12610070
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Fine art history
Research Institution	Nara National Museum
Principal Investigator	MATSUURA Masaaki Nara National Museum, Research Center of Buddhist Arts, Director, 仏教美術資料研究センター, センター長 (80004092)
Project Period (FY)	2000 – 2002
Keywords	Chinese Wooden Sculpture / X-ray Radiography
Research Abstract	This study have researched into the Chinese wooden sculptures of 28 by X-ray Radiography and have succeeded in making X-ray photographs of 717 places. These new scientific data by X-ray radiography have been resolved the own technique in the Chinese wooden sculptures and have made clear the scientific difference on the technique of wooden sculptures between Japan and China.

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