Author:
Sakamoto, Isamu
Title Article/Chapter:
"Report on new conservation form for archives and library material in Japan (Asia)."
Title of Source:
Internationaler Graphischer Restauratorentag, 26-30 August 1991, Uppsala, Schweden. 7 = International congress of restorers of graphic art, 26th-30th August 1991, Uppsala/Sweden. 7 . Edited by K. Jonas Palm and Mogens S. Koch.
Publisher/Distributor:
Master Tryck
Publisher/Distributor City:
Uppsala
Publisher/Distributor Country:
Sweden
Date of Publication:
1991
Page Numbers:
5 p.
Collation:
tables
ISBN:
91-506-0865-7
Language Text:
English
Language Summaries:
English;German
Meeting Name:
International congress of restorers of graphic art
Meeting Location:
Uppsala
Meeting Country:
Sweden
Meeting Date:
19910826-19910830
Subject Keywords English:
Paper, conservation restoration; Paper, leaf casting
Subject Keywords French:
Papier, conservation restauration; Papier, reparation mecanique feuille
Abstract:
Documents in Japan and the rest of Asia is commonly damaged by insects and mold, and high humidity causes pages to stick together and degrades to strength of fibers. The scale of the damage is impossible to fathom. However, to mention an example, it is estimated that it will take 700 years for 8 restorators to restore the damaged documents presently stored and requiring conservation at the Imperial Archives in Tokyo. Confronted with these vast tasks and the severe conditions for preservation, application of the leaf- casting and other mass-restoration methods, as a supplemented to the traditional manual methods, such as backing, has met with spectacular success - although the leaf casting method was considered unappicable to "washi" due to the length of the fibers of this kind of paper.
Originating Institution:
ICCROM
Location of Document:
ICCROM
ICCROM Shelf:
XIV H 198
Literature Type:
Monograph; Book
Bibliographic Level:
Analytic
Old BCIN Number:
187891
BCIN Number:
130427
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