[Before change]
< criteria>
・ You can find issues on your own, and you can expand your knowledge by researching.
・Based on the knowledge gained in class, students will be able to grasp the overall picture of each historical heritage (cultural property) and understand the importance of its transmission.
・ You can express what you want to explain in correct Japanese.
< Evaluation Method>
・Small reports, etc.
・Year-end report
・Report
[After the change]
< criteria>
・ You can find issues on your own, and you can expand your knowledge by researching.
・Based on the knowledge gained in class, students will be able to grasp the overall picture of each historical heritage (cultural property) and understand the importance of its transmission.
・ You can express what you want to explain in correct Japanese.
< Evaluation Method>
・Small reports, etc.
・Year-end report

[Before change]
■Course Outline
○ Conservation and restoration of cultural properties
Cultural properties are broadly divided into calligraphy, books, old documents, and paintings. We will learn about the historical changes of each of them, as well as the materials and structures, and outline their conservation and restoration.
○ Various aspects of historical materials and their conservation and restoration
In modern times, a different type of recording medium from calligraphy and painting was born, and it supports our lives and culture. However, many of these things are made as industrial products, and new ones are invented and the previous ones disappear. These new types of materials are already becoming cultural properties that should be preserved, and I would like to think about how they should be and how they should be preserved.
■ Goals to be achieved
○ Conservation and restoration of cultural properties
Students will be able to learn about the materials and structures of calligraphy, books, old documents, and paintings, and understand the significance of preserving them and specific repair methods.
○ Various aspects and preservation of modern and contemporary materials
Students will be able to learn about the historical transition and transmission of modern and contemporary materials such as paper materials and photographs, and to understand the challenges and significance of preserving them.
[After the change]
■Course Outline
○ Conservation and restoration of cultural properties
Cultural properties can be broadly divided into paintings and calligraphy, texts, and ancient documents. These cultural properties do not exist on their own, but in their traditional form with bindings. The historical transition of each material and structure is traced, and the concept and technology of conservation and restoration are outlined.
○ Various aspects of historical materials and their conservation and restoration
Historical materials include a very wide range of cultural properties. In particular, since the modern era, new recording media that have never existed before have been created, and they support our lives and culture. However, many of these things are made as industrial products, and new ones are invented and the previous ones disappear. These new types of materials are already becoming cultural properties that should be preserved, and I would like to think about how they should be and how they should be preserved. This course outlines the historical transition and conservation of modern and contemporary materials, mainly paper materials and photographs.
■ Goals to be achieved
○ Conservation and restoration of cultural properties
Students will be able to learn about the materials and structures of calligraphy, books, old documents, and paintings, and understand the significance of preserving them and specific repair methods.
○ Various aspects of historical materials and their conservation and restoration
Students will be able to learn about the historical transition and transmission of modern and contemporary materials such as paper materials and photographs, and to understand the challenges and significance of preserving them.

[Before change]
No.01 What are calligraphy, books, and ancient documents?
No.02 History of Writing Materials Before and After the Invention of Paper
No.03 Reading the traces of the work
No.04 Repair of Manuscripts, Scriptures, and Ancient Documents 1
No.05 Repair of Manuscripts, Scriptures, and Ancient Documents 2
No.06 Materials and Structure of Paintings
No.07 Conservation and Restoration of Paintings 1
No.08 Conservation and Restoration of Paintings 2
No.09 Aspects of Historical Materials
No.10 History of Printed Cultural Properties
No.11 History and Preservation of Photography
Lecture 12: Deterioration and repair of modern and contemporary materials
No.13 Conservation and repair of other historical materials
No.14 Disasters and Preservation of Materials
Part 15 Summary: What to keep and how to keep it?
■ Preparation and review
Preparation: At the end of the class, keywords for the next class will be presented, so you will find and read reference books by yourself.
Review: Assign small reports as appropriate.

[After the change]
No.01 What are calligraphy, books, and ancient documents?
No.02 History of Writing Materials Before and After the Invention of Paper
No.03 Reading the traces of the work
No.04 Repair of Calligraphy, Scriptures, and Ancient Documents 1-Traditional Repair Techniques-
No.05 Repair of Manuscripts, Books, and Ancient Documents 2 -New Repair Techniques-
No.06 Materials and Structure of Paintings
No.07 Conservation and Restoration of Paintings 1 -Traditional Repair Techniques-
No.08 Conservation and Restoration of Paintings 2 -New Repair Techniques-
No.09 Aspects of Historical Materials
No.10 History of Printed Cultural Properties
No.11 History and Preservation of Photography
Lecture 12: Deterioration and repair of modern and contemporary materials
No.13 Conservation and repair of other historical materials
No.14 Disasters and Preservation of Materials
Part 15 Summary: What to keep and how to keep it?
■ Preparation and review
Preparation: At the end of the class, keywords for the next class will be presented, so you will find and read reference books by yourself.
Review: Assign small reports as appropriate.

[Before change]
・”The Practice of Photo Preservation (Iwata Shoin Booklet 14)” Kentaro Obayashi Iwata Shoin 2010
・”Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japan Art Painting, Calligraphy, Sculpture, Ceramics, Lacquerwork Popular Edition” Masahiko Moriya et al. supervised by Tokyo Bijutsu 2011
・”Color Edition: A Chronology of Japan Art” Atsuo Tsuji Bijutsu Publishing Co., Ltd. 2002

[After the change]
・”The Practice of Photo Preservation (Iwata Shoin Booklet 14)” Kentaro Obayashi Iwata Shoin 2010
・”Conservation and Repair of Binding Cultural Properties-The Current Situation of Oriental Painting and Calligraphy Repair-” Kentaro Obayashi National Treasure Repair and Binding Artists Association 2015
・”Preservation and Restoration of Historical Records: Bequeathing Documents and Books to the Future” Executive Committee of the “Research Conference on the Conservation and Restoration of Historical Records” Agne Technology Center 1995