The workshop is held alongside the Folk Cultural Studies Seminar to provide training on the three basic steps of historical document restoration work: recording and organizing, repairing (mending and lining), and restoring (trimming and binding). Participants also learn the technique of detaching the undercoat of fusuma (paper sliding doors).
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  1.Recording: Training on photographing historical documents.
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  2.Repairing/ lining: The document is reinforced with washi Japanese paper.
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  3.Repairing: Reinforced paper is fixed to the drying panel.
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  4.Repairing/ mending: Holes in the documents are patched with repair paper.
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  5.Restoring/ trimming: The lining paper is trimmed.
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  6.Detaching: The undercoat of fusuma is removed.
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  7.Detaching: The detached documents are dried on felt mats.
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  8.Classroom