Basic research for the Conservation and Utilization of Tangible Cultural Properties Damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H02954
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural assets study and museology
• Research Institution: National Museum of Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: HIDAKA SHINGO 国立民族学博物館, 人類基礎理論研究部, 准教授 (40270772)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 園田 直子 国立民族学博物館, 人類基礎理論研究部, 教授 (50236155) ; 末森 薫 関西大学, 国際文化財・文化研究センター, ポスト・ドクトラル・フェロー (90572511)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 被災文化財 / 民俗文化財 / 保存科学 / 文化財レスキュー / 文化財防災

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we covered the folk cultural properties affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, develop a conservation treatment method such as salt removal that can be done in the afflicted area, formulate environmental improvement measures for prolonged temporary storage place. In addition, we carried out practical research activities on restoration of information lost due to the disaster and active utilization of these disaster-affected folk cultural properties in museums.

As a result, we formulated a methodology and solved practical research to solve these problems, and presented a way of reconstruction of disaster-affected cultural properties in preparation for the next large-scale disaster. Furthermore, we published these results widely in many fields including papers, international symposiums and invited lectures.

Free Research Field

文化財科学