Sutra Case Made of Gold-plated Copper Excavated in the Precincts of Shakubu-ji Temple －Conservation Science Report －

石峯寺境内出土の鋼板製鍍金経筒　 一保存処理作業報告一

石峯寺は､神戸市北区淡河町に所在する神戸市内有数の古刹として知られる。数々の貴重な文化財が伝来しており、境内の各所からは、過去に複数の考古資料が出土している。当館蔵の鋼板製鍍金経筒もその一つであり、令和2年度に実施した保存処理作業の結果、往時の黄金の輝きを取り戻した。本稿は保存処理作業を通じて得ることができた、数多くの知見について報告を行うものである。

Shakubu-ji Temple is known as one of the oldest temples in Kobe City, located in Ogo-cho in Kita Ward, Kobe City. Many valuable cultural properties have been handed down, and several archaeological materials have been excavated in the past from various parts of the precincts. Sutra case Made of Gold-plated Copper of the Kobe City Museum is one of them, and as a result of the conservation science treated in the 2nd fiscal year of Reiwa, it has regained its golden brilliance. This paper reports on many findings were obtained through the treatment of the conservation science.