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Abstract
In this work, the thickness of the gold leaf applied in six
Japanese folding screens is compared using a nondestructive approach. Four
screens belonging to the Momoyama period (~1573–1603) and two screens belonging
to the early Edo period (~1603–1868) were analyzed in situ using energy
dispersive X-ray fluorescence, and the thickness of the applied gold leaf was
evaluated using a methodology based on the attenuation of the different
characteristic lines of gold in the gold leaf layer.