Digital Conservation of Cultural Assets

Abstract

Research goal of archiving is not simply digitalization of assets ,but archiving based on clarification of the original structures of the assets. For example, the information on old and deteriorated documents may be difficult to decipher. We aims to make such material widely available after using advanced analytic techniques to revive script and illustrations, thus restoring the document to its original form. First Cases: The Nishi Hongwanji holds a large collection of paintings and artifacts. To preserve the cultural property we are investigating preservation, conservation and conservation documentation methods. Second Cases: we report the virtual reconstruction and conservation of a lost cave shrine. The purpose of this research is to search for the possibility of the digital restoration that maintained the resolution for the realistic representation and the interactive media for digital archives of ruins in the future.