[KAKEJIKU (hanging scroll) / ART NOMURA] Restoration, Remounting: Remove Old Backing Papers

- Remove Old Backing Papers -
The kakejiku is produced through several urauchi backings.
“Urauchi” is the act of applying paper to the back of paper, silk, or fabric with paste for reinforcement.
The first step in remounting kakejiku is to remove the old backing papers carefully.
Generally, there are three backing papers. They are applied in the order of "hada ura-uchi"(the first), "mashi urauchi"(the second), "sou urauchi"(the final) from the back of a "honshi" main artwork. When removing the papers, we start working on with outside, "sou urauchi"(the final) in reverse order.
When it comes to degree of difficulty, the closer to a main work, the harder it will be. Therefore, removing "hada ura-uchi"(the first backing) is most difficult since it is directly applied to a main artwork. It is also regarded as the most difficult step in the whole repair procedure.
A "hyougushi" scroll mounter focuses all of his attention on his fingertips and strips the first backing paper carefully not to damage a main artwork.
An artwork reveals its true self as each backing paper is stripped away.
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