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ANALYSIS OF LACQUERWARE USING IN-AIR SUBMILLI-PIXE CAMERA

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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K. ISHII

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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H. YAMAZAKI

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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Y. KIKUCHI

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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R. OYAMA

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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Y. KAWAMURA

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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A. ISHIZAKI

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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G. MOMOSE

Department of Quantum Science and Energy Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba 6-6-01-2, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan

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A. FUJISAWA

The Archeological Research Center on the Campus of Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

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K. KYONO

The Archeological Research Center on the Campus of Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129083507001125Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Pigments used in lacquerware pieces excavated from the Edo-period stratum at the southern part of Kawauchi campus of Tohoku University are analyzed using an in-air submilli-PIXE camera. That area is located at the former secondary citadel area of Sendai's Aoba Castle. The lacquerware pieces were analyzed as elemental images without sample degradation and without sample preparation. Pigments used in the red lacquer resin were cinnabar and Bengala. This analytical method, which uses images, was effective for discrimination of contaminant elements through comparison with the decoration. Results show that PIXE analysis using the in-air submilli-PIXE camera is an effective tool for use in archeological studies.

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