14C Dating of Historical Buildings in Japan

Nanae Nakao, Minoru Sakamoto, Mineo Imamura

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.

DOI: 10.2458/56.17466


Keywords


14C-dating; the Japanese traditional wooden buildings

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