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Wood species and its implication used for wooden sculptures in China

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26350386
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Cultural assets study and museology
Research InstitutionNara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

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)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KOJIMA DAISUKE  公益財団法人大阪市博物館協会, 大阪市立美術館, 学芸員 (50582376)
Research Collaborator MECHTILD MERTZ  East Asian Civilisations Research Centre, Rsearch Associate
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords仏像彫刻 / 神像彫刻 / 樹種同定 / 中国由来 / 木彫像 / フィラデルフィア美術館 / 中国由来木彫像 / 用材観 / 神像 / 樹種
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Wood species used for 58 Chinese Buddhist and 350 Chinese Daoist sculptures has been identified in cooperation with 11 forein museum and 1 collector. We tried to analyse the reason of wood selection and compared with the species used for those wooden sculptures in Japan. Paulownia, Tilia and Salix were mainly used for Chinese Buddhist scuptures, and Cinnamomum camphora and Lauraceae were predominantly used for Daoist scultures, followed by Populus and Pterocarya. In view of the frequent uses of Chamaecyparis obtusa and Torreya nucifera for Japanese Buddhist and Shindo sculptures, it was presumed that there is a substantial difference of wood species used for wooden sculptures between China and Japan.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report

Research Products

(11 results)

All 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (7 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] フィラデルフィア美術館/ハーバード大学/サンフランシスコアジア美術館(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ハーバード大学/ボストン美術館(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] フランス国立極東学院(EFEO)(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン民族博物館(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン民俗博物館(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] East Asia Civilisation Research Centre(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 西南林業大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Woodidentification of Chinese Buddhist and Taoist sculptures and its implication2017

    • Author(s)
      Takao Itoh
    • Organizer
      Seminor on "Asian Images Inside-Out: What Can the Materials and Contents of Statues Tell Us about Religion in China"
    • Place of Presentation
      the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, USA
    • Year and Date
      2017-05-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 中国における樹種同定研究の現状2017

    • Author(s)
      伊東隆夫
    • Organizer
      生存圏シンポジウム『木の文化と科学16』
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学生存圏研究所
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Wood species used for Buddhist and Taoist sculptures originated from China2017

    • Author(s)
      Takao ITOH and Mechtild MERTZ
    • Organizer
      Asian Images Inside-Out: What Can the Materials and Contents of Statues Tell Us about Religion in China
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Wood species used for Buddhist and Taoist sculptures originated in China2016

    • Author(s)
      Takao Itoh
    • Organizer
      IAWA China group 3rd meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Southwest Forestry University, China
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-21
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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