2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Joining Study between History and Natural Science for Iron Industry in each Region at Late Edo and Meiji Period

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Project/Area Number	15H02943
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology/History of science and technology
Research Institution	Saga University
Principal Investigator	wakita hisanobu 佐賀大学, シンクロトロン光応用研究センター, 研究員 (50078581)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	河野一隆独立行政法人国立文化財機構九州国立博物館, 学芸部文化財課, 課長 (10416555) 上野淳也別府大学, 文学部, 准教授 (10550494) 横山拓史九州大学, 理学研究院, 教授 (20136419) 栗崎敏福岡大学, 理学部, 准教授 (20268973) 平尾良光帝京大学, 付置研究所, 客員教授 (40082812) 中西哲也九州大学, 総合研究博物館, 准教授 (50315115) 桃崎祐輔福岡大学, 人文学部, 教授 (60323218) 長野暹佐賀大学, 経済学部, 客員研究員 (80039221) 沼子千弥千葉大学, 大学院理学研究院, 准教授 (80284280) 米津幸太郎九州大学, 工学研究院, 准教授 (90552208)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Keywords	史学と自然科学 / 融合研究 / 幕末明治期 / 地域鉄産業 / 変貌と展開
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Historical materials of Saga, Izumo, Oita, Kumamoto, and Fukuoka were studied. The domestic manufacturing possibility of Armstrong Gun was shown from the analysis of its picture photos of its production by the Reverberatory furnace. The iron sands were collected at the dug fields in Izuo,and analysed the rare earth element content by an ICP-MS method. The rare earth element patterns showed the existence form of the iron sand and the difference of the collection points. The used bullets during Seinan War were collected in Oita and Kumamoto,and analysed by the lead isotope method and showed that they were made in European. Lead isotope analysis of bronze cannon and iron gun showed the firstly produced bronze cannon in 16 century were prepared by Japanese raw materials, but the bronze cannons were sometimes prepared by mixed materials with Japan and the other countries. From the archeological study of Fukuoka Domain, the ruins of the import and preparation of Akira stone were discovered.
Free Research Field	分析化学　科学技術史