著者

朽津 信明

雑誌

保存科学 = Science for conservation

巻号頁・発行日

no.51, pp.111-120, 2012-03-31

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History of shuri (repair)and shufuku (restoration)in Japan is reviewed in this paper. The word shuri is now used for recovery of a function,while shufuku is used for recovery of a state. The concept of shuri may be regarded almost as old as the use of tools by human beings. The word shuri can be found in Kojiki,the oldest history book in Japan. The word shufuku was already used with the meaning "recovery of a state"at the latest by the 9th century. From the study of old collections of ancient tales, the existence of past people whose theory of shufuku was similar to that of present people can be confirmed. Even in the middle age (13th century), those people respected authenticity. There are not a few existing cultural properties which have documents showing that they were restored in the past. If such past shuri and shufuku are studied,not only the past concept and methods but also the results can be understood. Such a study will help in predicting what will happen after examining similar shuri and shufuku in the future.