Chemical Composition of Excavated Enamel Ware and of Whetstone at the Owari Clan Upper Mansion Site using X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

Abstract

We conducted elemental analysis on several kinds of excavated natural whetstones and Owari-Shippo enamel ware at the Owari Clan Upper Mansion Site using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis. The minor element concentrations of two types of excavated tuff are consistent with those used for polishing Owari-Shippo.