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    03'38''

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