2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Wood species used for wooden cultural properties in China
| Project/Area Number |
23501221
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural property science
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| Research Institution | Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties |
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Principal Investigator |
ITOH Takao 独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 埋蔵文化財センター, 客員研究員 (70027168)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUGIYAMA Junji 京都大学, 生存圏研究所, 教授 (40183842)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 遺跡出土木材 / 歴史的木造建築 / 木彫像 / 木の文化 / 樹種同定 |
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| Research Abstract |
The research project was mainly aimed to identify the wood species used for archaeological wood, traditional wooden building and Buddhist sculptures. As for archaeological wood, 94 pillars excavated from Yuhuang site in Zhejiang province were identified microscopically. It was found that Phoebe sp., Choerospondias axillaris and Cinnamomum camphora were the principal pillar materials. As for traditional wooden buildings, 128 pieces of building materials used for pillars, rafters, square bearing block and cross beams in Serkhang temple complex, Tibetan monastery in Qinghai were identified microscopically. Two species, Picea sp. (118 cases) and Pinus sp. (diploxylon)(10 cases) were used for those buildings. As for Buddhist sculptures, 33 Buddhist sculptures collected in Metropolitan Museum of Art were identified microscopically. Three species, Paulownia sp., Salix sp., and Tilia sp. were mainly used for the Buddhist sculptures.
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