2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigative study on the historical transition of the coloring materials used for Japanese paintings
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21520117
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Aesthetics/Art history
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| Research Institution | Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties |
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Principal Investigator |
HAYAKAWA Yasuhiro 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 保存修復科学センター分析科学研究, 室長 (20290869)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIRONO Seiji 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 企画情報部, 専門職員 (70470028)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 美術史 / 材料調査 |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to reveal the historical transition of the coloring materials of Japanese paintings, the masterpieces of paintings had been investigated using scientific techniques such as portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, visible light reflectance spectrometer and fluorescent imaging. Particularly focusing on the white pigment, some paintings from Muromachi to Momoyama period were examined, the paintings separately to be used with lead-white and shell-white were found out. An important scientific information about the transition of white pigment in Japanese paintings has been obtained.
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