A study of contemporary Japanese painting expression using plywood as a support

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13034
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01070:Theory of art practice-related
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: MAKINO KAZUHO 長崎大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (30738448)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 支持体 / 日本画 / 合板 / 表現

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to establish a new support for today's production practice by investigating the manufacturing process of plywood specially designed for Japanese painting production. The production is attempted from the viewpoint of establishing it as a support in the form of a roll, using the Urauchi technique of Japanese painting. The support was made to have a two-layer structure by using Syohu glue, a naturally occurring glue used in conservation and restoration, as an adhesive and by backing it with veneer and kozo paper. I am able to produce a new support that enables expression that is possible because the drawing surface is made of wood, and that can be used for Mizubari when conventional Washi paper is stretched over the panel.

Free Research Field

日本画表現

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで日本画制作において合板は如何に表現のために工夫し取り扱うのかという制作研究が為されてきた。また保存修復の観点からは、合板を支持体に用いた日本画作品においては、合板の接着層の剥落が懸念されてきた。本研究では、合板の接着層の問題を解決すべく、新たな支持体である単板紙を製造し提示した。単板紙を使用した際の効果的な現象を明らかにするだけではなく、制作実践においてを有効的に応用する手段を勘案し、現代日本画表現に貢献する一つの方法論を導き出そうと試みた。