著者

乾 睦子 西本 昌司

出版者

国士舘大学理工学部

雑誌

国士舘大学理工学部紀要 = TRANSACTIONS OF THE KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (ISSN:18824013)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, pp.117-124, 2020-03-31

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It is not so widely known that various kinds of marble had been quarried in Japan as building stone. Marble quarries were active in Japan until about the end of 1960's. Those marbles have been used for the interior finishing of many historic buildings in Tokyo. This is the investigation report on the domestic building stones used for the interiors (mantlepieces) in some of the historic western style houses in Tokyo, designed by Josiah Conder. The houses are: the Former Iwasaki Residence, the Former Shimazu Residence, and the Former Furukawa Residence. Completion of the houses was between 1896 to 1917. Provenance of the marble of the mantlepieces was identified non-destructively. Marbles from Ibaraki Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Tokyo Metropolis were identified. The result showed that quarrying of those marbles was active during those years. The investigation is significant for understanding the history of the use and logistics of building stones in Japan, which leads to righteous assessment of the cultural heritage.