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14C Dating of Historical Buildings in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Nanae Nakao ,
Minoru Sakamoto  and
Mineo Imamura
Nanae Nakao*
Affiliation:
Musashi University Research Center, 1-26-1 Toyotamakami, Nerima, Tokyo 176-8534, Japan
Minoru Sakamoto
Affiliation:
National Museum of Japanese History, 117 Jonai-cho, Sakura, Chiba 285–8502, Japan The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 117 Jonai-cho, Sakura, Chiba 285–8502, Japan
Mineo Imamura
Affiliation:
National Museum of Japanese History, 117 Jonai-cho, Sakura, Chiba 285–8502, Japan The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 117 Jonai-cho, Sakura, Chiba 285–8502, Japan
*
2. Corresponding author. Email: nanae_nakao@yahoo.co.jp.
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Abstract

The radiocarbon dating method was applied to the study of Japanese traditional wooden buildings. The traditional Japanese architecture studied includes the Main Hall of Banna-ji Temple (Buddhist building), Sekisui-in of Kozan-ji Temple (noble house), Hakogi-ke house (farmhouse), and Kawai-ke house (townhouse). 14C dating proved useful as a research method to better understand the history of these buildings and Japanese architecture as a whole.

Type
Methodology: Tree Rings and Plants
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , 2014 , pp. 691 - 697
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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