Restored ceiling painting, pamphlet
The restored ceiling painting.
161 photos revived in vivid colors. ``Heisei restoration'' conveys the remnants of the Edo period.
©Enjoji
To celebrate the 1300th anniversary of the founding of the mountain
In ancient times, temples were places for monks to practice. Eventually, with the popularization of Buddhism, it came to have the meaning of a base for educating the people. `"Majesty" (meaning the decoration of temples, etc.) first of all, of course, means an offering to Buddha, but secondly, it has the meaning of elevating the prestige of Buddha by allowing the people who visit there to be moved by its beauty. It is not hard to imagine that in previous worlds, people whose daily lives were much more subdued than ours, would have sensed the world of Buddha through the majesty of temples.
When did the 161 paintings on the ceiling outside the main hall of ours lose their color over the course of 160 years, and the lines became barely legible? It was about five years ago that the "restoration" of the ceiling painting, which had been abandoned due to various circumstances, became possible thanks to the blessings of the Buddha and the kindness of Professor Takaichi Ogawa.
Due to subsequent circumstances, it was decided to take the form of "restoration" by copying the original painting.
It can be said that the teacher and other staff members found a modern meaning in the Edo period ceiling painting, put a modern "interpretation" into it, and once again made the outer part of the main hall majestic.
I believe that the "Heisei Restoration" is not only for our Temple but also for a wide range of people, and is something to be grateful for and to have significance.
Enjoji Temple Chief Priest Shintai Amakusa.
Ceiling painting before restoration
The ceiling paintings in the outer hall had lost their color, and the lines were barely visible.
Production process
The colorful ceiling paintings are carefully restored one by one.
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- Each of the ceiling painting on the hallway side was photographed and used as the original restored painting.
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- Recreate the design of the original drawing with line drawings using materials as reference.
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- Cedar boards of the same size as before the restoration were sawn and dried.
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- Apply epoxy sealer to the sandpaper-polished cedar board to adjust its surface.
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- Apply a thin layer of gesso over the base treatment and let dry.
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- The original drawing reproduced using line drawings is transferred onto a cedar board.
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- Coloring is done with Ungen coloring paints. Ungen; method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse、diffuse to dense.
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- The completed panel painting is treated with waterproofing (fluorine coating) and installed on the ceiling.
| Enjo-ji Temple Ceiling Painting Restoration Committee Member |
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| [Representative] |
| Shintai Amakusa (Chief Priest of Enjoji Temple) |
| 【Creator】 |
| The work was mainly done by Professor Koichi Ogawa, a former professor at the Faculty of Education at Okayama University, and Tokubi graduates. |
| Takaichi Ogawa, Kazuko Matsuda, Tanaka MAN, Tomoko Sekine |
| Chieko Yamaguchi, Wakana Ikegami, Hiroko Matsuo, Dabaragan |
| secretariat |
| Katsumi Maeda, Takumi Matsuda |
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| Board manufacturing provider |
| To restore the ceiling painting, they procured, dried, and donated cedar boards similar to the original boards from the late Edo period. |
| Eyomi Seizai Co., Ltd. (Misaki-cho, Kume District) Yoshihide Namba |
| Seibu Construction Co., Ltd. (Minami Ward, Okayama City) Yasunori Yuasa |