| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Cultural properties are composed of various materials like paper, metal and stone. They have been preserved, utilized, and exposed to air, wind and rain for a long time both inside and outside museums, art galleries, shrines and temples. However, because of their special characteristics as Cultural properties, collecting samples that may involve their destruction cannot be permitted, even for material analysis. Therefore, in order to study the influence of atmospheric pollution on cultural properties, materials often used for cultural properties were used as models in field exposure tests. At the same time, by studying the influence of pollution on exposed materials and measuring acid rain and atmospheric pollutants, we considered the influence of environmental pollutants on cultural properties. In order to investigate the influence of atmospheric pollution on cultural properties, environmental investigations were carried out at 3 locations, and results were compared and discussed. Moreover, bronze plates and marble pieces, both representative of materials use for cultural properties, were used as test pieces to examine the influence of environmental factor.
As a result, we were able to understand the influence of environmental pollution on cultural properties. We learned that the influence of environmental pollution rarely occurs because of a single factor like acid rain but that it is the multiple result of such factor as atmospheric pollutants and acid mist. We believe that the result of this study will serve as reference material for evaluating the influence of environmental pollution on cultural properties.
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