Abstract
Japanese Painting and calligraphy is mounted in “Kakejiku”(hanging scroll), “Kansu”(Hand scroll), “Byobu”(Folding screen), “Husuma”(Sliding door), “Gaku”(Picture frame), “sassi”(Booklet), “Gacho”(Picture book) etc.
In the process of conservation of such artworks, restoration of paintings (or calligraphys) that is supported by advanced science and technology and mounting procedure that is built by traditional technology are applied.
The principles of the restoration of cultural assets are that :
1. Maintaning various information of artworks.
2. Repeating restoration by 100-200 years spans.
3. Recording all information of artworks during the restoration.
This review describes restoration of Japanese paintings with “Urazaishiki”(pigment on backside of silk) in “Kakejiku”(hanging scroll) that is conducted according to above principles.
And same topics of restoration of artworks on paper, relativity of “restoration of original artworks” and “digital archives” etc. are described.
