A nondestructive dendrochronological study on japanese wooden shinto art sculptures using micro-focus X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) Reviewing two methods for scanning objects of different sizes

摘要

This paper discusses a dendrochronological approach to studying works of art associated with Shintoism, an indigenous religion of Japan. Chronological studies of Shinto artwork are, by comparison, lagging behind the studies on artwork associated with the other primary religion of Japan, Buddhism. This author believes that a scientific approach, such as dendrochronology, could play an effective part in narrowing this gap.