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2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24652176
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology/Folklore
• Research Institution: Kyoto University of Art and Design
• Principal Investigator: DATE Hitomi 京都造形芸術大学, 芸術学部, 教授 (00150871)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAMADA Takashi (公財)元興寺文化財研究所, 研究員 (30435903)
• Research Collaborator: MIZOBE Yusuke
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 剣鉾 / 祭礼用具 / 真鍮 / 民俗文化財 / 錺

Outline of Final Research Achievements

"The sword pike " goes round while sword point bending and brilliant . There are many things made with brass . It is different by a festival . I studied it mainly on Higashiyama system . I analyzed the metal combination ratio using a fluorescence X-radiation device . I combined the information written in the box and the information engraved on the sword . I clarified the times and an area and a part of the relations of the festival . I paid my attention to structure of the bending . The craftsman performs " swat"and"cool " which is a traditional technique repeatedly .Thickness and elastic of the brass board change . It was revealed that expressed“bent” of the sword which requested of Hokosashi.

Free Research Field

民俗文化財の保存