2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Scientific study on the 19th museum objects of Toyota Collection
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14023242
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Research Institution | Indipendent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
MIURA Sadatoshi Indipendent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, Chief Coordination Manager, 協力調整官 (50099925)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYAKAWA Yasubiro Indipendent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, Department of Conservation Science, Head, Chemistty Section, 保存科学部・化学研究室, 室長 (20290869)
KIGAWA Rika Indipendent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, Department of Conservation Science, Senior Researcher, 保存科学部, 主任研究官 (40261119)
SANO Chie Indipendent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, Department of Conservation Science, Head, Biology Section, 保存科学部・生物科学研究室, 室長 (40215885)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2005
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| Keywords | scientific museum objects of Edo period / X-ray radiography / X-ray fluorescent analysis / digital X-ray radiography / Emissiography / pigments |
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| Research Abstract |
Many technical and scientific objects of Toyota Collection and related museum collections from 17th to 20th centuries in Japan such as optics, medical tools, metrical tools, toys, clocks, guns, etc., were examined by X-ray radiography and by X-ray fluorescent analysis (XRF). We used a kind of digital X-ray radiography, Fuji Computed Radiography (FCR). The FCR uses an imaging plate coated with fluorescent material instead of an X-ray film. Since FCR gives a fine and clear image for an object with various thickness because of a wide dynamic range of the imaging plate, the results revealed the structures and mechanisms of various objects very clearly. We also analyzed many pigments collected by Lord Nabeshima at the end of Edo period (middle of 19th century) by XRF. The analysis showed some imported pigments from abroad only after Edo period are included in his collection. This result is important for the chronology of polychromy in Japan.
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