2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Syudies on Mineralogy and Mineral Identification in Edo-Period Through Siebold Mineral Collection
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13571040
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Petrology/Mineralogy/Science of ore deposit
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
TAGAI Tokuhei The University of Tokyo, The University Museum, Professor, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (40011738)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAMIUCHI Toshiro Hitachi, Ltd, Strategic Products Development Center, General Manager, 試作開発センタ, センタ長(研究職)
NISHINO Yoshiaki The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Professor, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (20172679)
OHBA Hideaki The University of Tokyo, TThe University Museum, Professor, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (20004450)
MIKOUCHI Takeshi The university of Tokyo, Graduate School if science, Assist, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助手 (30272462)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2003
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| Keywords | Siebold / Buerger / Mineralogy / Database / Natural History / Edo Period / International Cooperation |
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| Research Abstract |
Siebolt Mineral collection which is stored in the Museum of Natural History Leiden is the most important and only one systematic Japanese mineral collection in Edo-Period. However, the description of the Siebold Mineral Collection has not been carried out ever. With the cooperation of the Museum of Natural History Leiden, we made a catalogue of the collection and took the photographs of all the samples. Together with those database works, we began to analyze the Sieboldt's documents on the Japanese minerals, which belonged originally to the Japan Society in Germany. Those documents were supplied to the Japanese researchers in 1934 to promote Siebold studies in Japan. The photocopy of the documents was stored in Toyo-Bunko. We obtained the documents with courtesy of Toyo-Bunko and translated a part of "Japanese present condition of mineralogy".
The results of our studies were presented by the special exhibition with the title of "21. Century of Sieboldt Studies" and at the same time the book wit the title of "21. Century of Sieboldt" was published.
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