2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research of the Dyes Used in Ancient Textiles in the Tokyo National Museum Collection
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14380051
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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 |
Cultural property science
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| Research Institution | Independent Administrative Institution National Museum Tokyo National Museum |
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Principal Investigator |
SAWADA Mutsuyo Independent Administrative Institution National Museum Tokyo National Museum, Dep.Cultural properties, Special Research Chair, 文化財部, 上席研究員 (40215918)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAMBA Nobuyuki Independent Administrative Institution National Museum Tokyo National Museum, Dep.Cultural properties, Supervisor Conservation, 文化財部, 保存修復課長 (50169801)
WADA Hirosi Independent Administrative Institution National Museum Tokyo National Museum, Dep.Cultural Properties, Assistant Researcher, 文化財部, 研究員 (60332136)
OYAMA Yuzuruha Independent Administrative Institution National Museum Tokyo National Museum, Dep.Cultural Properties, Assistant Researcher, 文化財部, 研究員 (10356272)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2005
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| Keywords | Ancient Textiles / natural dye / mordant / conservation science / Conservation and Restoration / Horyu-ji textiles / dyeing / Horyu-ji bannar (ban) |
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| Research Abstract |
Research of the Dyes Used in Ancient Textiles in the Tokyo National Museum Collection
The purpose of this research is to shed light on the dyes and mordant used in textiles from Horyu-ji. In Horyu-ji textiles red, dark blue and purple colors are particularly beautiful. Yellows include brownish, greenish and reddish ones. We intended to find out what dyes were used to create these colors, identifying the material plants and mordant. Among the ritual banners (ban) from Horyu-ji, those presumed to be meika ban, banners used in the ritual for a dyeing person to send him/her to the Pure Land, were mostly made of yellow plain weave silk, and those donated by people were made of plain weave silk in many different colors. For multi-faceted development of the study of ancient textiles, we researched these colors and their uses in relation with contemporary textile works, and with entries in temple inventories from the Nara period and in Engishiki and other books of regulations from the Heian period.
Visible spectra and three-dimensional fluorescent spectra of the colors of standard dyed samples (four kinds of mordants were used for each dye) produced in 2002 and 2003 were measured and the data were sorted. In 2004 Corrections of these data were done to produce the basic data of standard samples. In 2006, the final year of research, the Horyu-ji textiles were analyzed based on the standard samples, sorted the results and compiled a report (text and reference materials) on the relationship between the dyes of the Horyu-ji textiles and their uses. The copy for submission also contains dyed samples.
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Research Products
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[Journal Article] Horyu-ji Textile2003
Author(s)
Sawada Mutsuyo
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Journal Title
The Society of Fiber Science and Technology Reviews and News Vol.59, No.11
Pages: 389-393
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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