Study for dating method in the history of Japanese Buddhist statues especially for wooden statues

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23720067
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Aesthetics/Art history
• Research Institution: Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
• Principal Investigator: KOJIMA Daisuke 公益財団法人大阪市博物館協会(大阪文化財研究所、大阪歴史博物館、大阪市立美術館、, その他部局等, 学芸員 (50582376)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2014
• Keywords: 日本彫刻史 / 年代学 / 年輪年代 / 木材 / カヤ / 美術史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to improve the accuracy of the dating for Japanese Buddhist statues. There are two way to research for the statues on this study. One is tree-ring dating analysis, and the other is art historical approach.
Dendrochronological research for the statues give us not only the information of the date of the woods of the statues, but also some information for the locality of the woods or distribution channels of the woods.
And this study is also examining the propriety of the validity of tree-ring dating method for Japanese Torreya (Kaya).

Free Research Field

仏教美術