03'38"

The Tsuzuri Project:
“The Wind and Thunder Gods” by Tawaraya Sotatsu

The paired screens of “The Wind and Thunder Gods” recreate the tonal variations, brushstrokes and texture of the original cultural assets as faithfully as possible. Canon’s state-of-the-art technologies, such as image capture technologies applied to create 4.2 billion pixels of super-high resolution data, image processing technology, and printing technology and traditional Japanese artisans’ skills were combined to create unprecedented high-resolution facsimiles.
 
Created: January 2022

04'00"

A New Way to Experience Folding Screens through High-resolution Facsimiles: National Treasure "Amusement under the Blossoms"

The Tokyo National Museum held an interactive exhibition of a high-resolution facsimile of "Amusement under the Blossoms" (National Treasure) with a limited number of visitors to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in July 2020. The interactive exhibition was a part of “The World of Traditional Performing Arts”, a special exhibition organized by the Tokyo National Museum, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fantastic space created by projection mapping along with the exhibition of the high-resolution facsimile provided a new experience of folding screen to visitors.
 
Created: July 2020

03'47"

The Tsuzuri Project:
Technology to Recreate Cultural Assets

The high-definition reproduction of the Tsuzuri Project faithfully reproduces the subtle appearance and texture of valuable Japanese cultural assets. Canon's technology reduces the burden on cultural assets and creates reproductions worthy of appreciation.
 
Created: September 2019

04'04"

The Tsuzuri Project:
Bringing an Epic Tale to Life: “Battles of Ichi-no-tani and Yashima, from the Tale of the Heike”

A documentary movie of the Tsuzuri Project work “Battles of Ichi-no-tani and Yashima, from the Tale of the Heike,” the original of which is in the collection of the British Museum. It depicts battle scenes from the Genpei War in exquisite detail. With the help of the British Museum, Canon created and donated a high-resolution facsimile of the work to the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage National Center for the Promotion of Cultural Properties, making it possible for its visitors to experience the famous scenes.
 
Created: July 2018

04'02"

The Tsuzuri Project:
The Passion of the Festival Transcends Time: “River Festival at Tsushima Shrine” Makes a Symbolic Return Home

A documentary movie of the Tsuzuri Project work “River Festival at Tsushima Shrine,” the original of which is in the collection of the British Museum. The large screens that survive today were painted 350 years ago, and depict scenes from the Owari Tsushima Tenno Festival. With the help of the British Museum, Canon began efforts to bring the work back to Tsushima City and Aisai City (Aichi Prefecture), where the festival is held, as a high-resolution facsimile.
 
Created: July 2018

04'29"

The Tsuzuri Project:
Once Again, to Tonomine: “Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter” Makes a Symbolic Return Home

A documentary movie of the Tsuzuri Project work “Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter,” the original of which is in the collection of the British Museum. Believed to date back to the beginning of the 17th century, it comprises four sliding-door panels painted in a composition and style typical of the Kano school. With the help of the British Museum, Canon began efforts to bring the work back to its original home in Tanzan Shrine (Nara Prefecture) as a high-resolution facsimile.
 
Created: July 2018

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"Diving into Screen Paintings" interactive family-oriented program

The Tokyo National Museum held an interactive family-oriented program, Diving into Screen Paintings: A New Way to Experience Japanese Art in the summer of 2017. It offered a new appreciation experience of cultural properties by combining video installation with high-resolution facsimiles of Hasegawa Tohaku’s "Pine Trees" and Ogata Korin’s "Cranes".
 
Created: September 2017

06'51"

The Tsuzuri Project:
From Beyond the Sea and Clouds "Dragon and Clouds by Soga Shohaku"

A documentary movie of Tsuzuri Project Work "Dragon and Clouds." The original now resides overseas in the United States, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
 
Created: April 2015

06'48"

Tsuzuri Project: A Brush with History

The goal of the Tsuzuri Project is not to complete high-definition reproductions. Its real purpose is to touch our hearts.We produced a video showing how the recipients of these reproductions use them in the temples of Kyoto, in new museum workshops, and for teaching at elementary schools.
 
Created: June 2014

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Tsuzuri Project: Highlights

In 2007, Canon and the Kyoto Culture Association (NPO) jointly launched the Tsuzuri Project with the aim of preserving and sharing important Japanese cultural assets such as decorative folding screens and sliding door paintings through the creation of high-resolution facsimiles. This video highlights the various works that have been reproduced to date and presents the production process used to make the facsimiles.
 
Created: May 2014

06'57"

The Tsuzuri Project:
Sliding Door Paintings of Shoshinden of Daikakuji Temple Recreated On-site after an Absence of 250 Years

Sliding door paintings by Kano Sanraku are believed to have been installed in the Take-no-ma (bamboo room) of Shoshinden of Daikakuji Temple in Kyoto until 250 years ago. The paintings, which depict four seasonal views of rice cultivation, are now in the possession of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in the U.S.A. We observed the preparation of high-resolution facsimiles that will be restored at the original installation site.
 
Created: May 2014

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Tsuzuri Project:
Kenninji Temple Restoration - 50 painted Panels

Long ago, Kenninji Temple in Kyoto was home to 50 panels painted by artist Kaiho Yusho. Since 1934, however, when Kenninji Temple suffered damage during the Muroto Typhoon, the panels, converted into hanging scrolls, have been entrusted to the Kyoto National Museum. The Tsuzuri Project produced high-resolution facsimiles of these works as sliding doors so they could be installed in the temple, their original home, and viewed as they once had been displayed. After five years of work, the restoration of the 50 Kenninji Temple panels was completed in November 2012.
 
Created: February 2013