Research on Ancient Textile Objects from the Horyuji and Shosoin Treasures

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770056
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: Tokyo National Museum
• Principal Investigator: MITA KAKUYUKI 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京国立博物館, 学芸企画部, 研究員 (00710493)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 法隆寺献納宝物 / 正倉院宝物 / 染織 / 美術史 / 文化財保存

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Collection of Horyuji Treasures at the Tokyo National Museum includes approximately 1,000 unsorted textile objects. This research project consisted of examining and categorizing all of these objects. It provided us with an overview of these objects that will allow us to conserve them with more precision. This project also led to the discovery of eight wooden slips dating back to the Asuka period. These slips are of immense historical value because they are the oldest slips in Japan to have been passed down to the present, and because they were without a doubt passed down at Horyuji. We conducted an examination of these slips in cooperation with the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, reported our findings to the press, and published a research paper.

Free Research Field

日本東洋美術史