Wood identification of Japanese Shinto deity statues in Matsunoo-taisha Shrine in Kyoto by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and conventional microscopy methods
Abstract Research on the wood species of Japanese Buddhist statues has an over 60 years’ history and recently many Buddhist “Ichiboku” statues carved out of a single bole made from the Nara to Heian periods were scientifically revealed to be made of Torreya nucifera. Shinto deity statues in Japan, h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Wood Science |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10086-019-1840-2 |