| ■Tokyo National Research
Institute for Cultural Properties |
■Center for Conservation
Science |
| ■Department of Art Research,
Archives and Information Systems |
■Japan Center for
International Cooperation in Conservation |
| ■Department of Intangible
Cultural Heritage |
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Examples of the Striped House Museum of Art / Striped House Gallery Papers: Documents about the Apartheid Non! International Art Festival (1990), University of the End of the Century, Tokyo (1993-2000) (Call Number [In Japanese] : ス162, ス261 )
The Striped House Building
As part of the research project “Research and Compilation of Materials on Modern and Contemporary Art,” we are pleased to announce that a catalog of “Striped House Museum of Art / Striped House Gallery Papers” is now available on our website.
The Striped House Museum of Art was established by the photographer Mr. TSUKAHARA Takuya (born 1937) in May 1981 in Roppongi 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, as a private art museum that held many retrospectives of deceased artists, mainly of contemporary art, as well as solo exhibitions of young artists. The museum also had a reputation for discovering artists, and was known not only for its art exhibitions, but also for regularly organizing mini live performances, one-man shows, Rakugo events, and recitation readings. Although the museum closed in 2000, a gallery has been operating on the third floor of the Striped House Building since December 2001. The Striped House Gallery Papers were donated by the gallery through an arrangement by SASAKI Shigeo (1931-2024) around 2010, and were organized in about 300 envelopes containing materials related to individual events and artists. These envelopes also included documentary photographs, press releases, and other materials, which may provide important facts that were not available in the media such as newspapers and magazines of the time.
The research project “Research and Compilation of Materials on Modern and Contemporary Art” is intended to enable the conduction of research on modern and contemporary Japanese art works and materials, to promote research exchange based on this research, and to establish an efficient collection and publication framework for materials related to contemporary art. We hope that you will make use of these documents, which are now available in the library, as evidence for solving problems encountered in research on cultural properties, including contemporary art, and as an opportunity to conduct new research in various fields.
• Library Visitor’s Guide
https://www.tobunken.go.jp/joho/english/library/library_e.html
Archives (documents) information can be found at the bottom of this page. The Striped House Gallery Papers are accessible in our library.
• Striped House Museum of Art / Striped House Gallery Papers
https://www.tobunken.go.jp/joho/japanese/library/pdf/archives_StripedHouseMuseumofArt.pdf
Meeting at the Nevşehir Conservation and Restoration Regional Laboratory
Courtesy visit to the Deputy Governor of Nevşehir Province
The Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation, in cooperation with local specialized institutions and universities in Turkey, are conducting a joint research project on the conservation and restoration of mural paintings on the interior walls of St. Michael’s Church (Keşlik Monastery) in Cappadocia, Turkey. Last year, a research plan was prepared based on field surveys, and after deliberations held by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey and an expert committee, the project was officially approved for implementation.
Survey for the development of a conservation and restoration research plan at St. Michael’s Church (Keşlik Monastery) :: 東文研アーカイブデータベース (tobunken.go.jp)
In response, we visited the site from June 25 to 29, 2024, to discuss environmental arrangements that will be important for conducting research activities safely in the future. The discussions were conducted with the cooperation of Mr. Hatice Temur YILDIZ, Director of the Nevşehir Conservation and Restoration Regional Laboratory, and Mr. Levent Ak, a member of the Urgup City Council and Director of the Cappadocia Tourism and Regional Infrastructure Services Association. The discussions were very fruitful, as we had the opportunity to exchange views with the Deputy Governor of Nevşehir and the Mayor of Ürgüp. As a result, we were able to establish a cooperative framework with public organizations in the Cappadocia region, as they agreed to cooperate with us on the construction of scaffolding and installation of facilities for water and electricity in the church.
We will continue our research activities to meet the expectations of the local people and to contribute widely to the conservation and restoration of cultural properties in the Republic of Turkey.
Situation of the scattered stones around the Cruciform Terrace (in December 2024)
Excavation for locating the scattered stones
In a previous article, we reported on our preliminary survey to examine conservation and restoration procedures for the Cruciform Terrace in front of the Central Complex at Ta Nei Temple. Subsequently, following discussions with the Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA National Authority), it was decided to carry out a more extensive survey of scattered stone components to facilitate recovery of those buried in the sedimentary soil around the collapsed terrace.
In late May 2025, archaeological staff from the APSARA National Authority started excavation in advance, and from June 1 to 22, two staff members from the Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation were dispatched to cooperatively check and record the scattered stone components .
As a result, additional terrace components were identified, and the upper bodies and hands of several statues of Avalokitesvara were discovered. However, many of the components of the middle layers of the side wall on the south side of the terrace are still missing, which suggests that this terrace may have been somehow destroyed, for example, by its masonry stones being used as building material for another temple building, and that the materials are likely to have been removed and relocated. To examine the restoration of the terrace composition, including the lost materials, it is necessary to refer to terrace-like structures at other temples of the same period, and therefore a comparative survey was carried out at a total of seven temples during this time.
On June 12, ad hoc experts responsible for providing technical recommendations on various restoration projects at the Angkor Monuments visited our excavation site. Following this, at a Technical Session of the International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Sites of Angkor and Sambor Prei Kuk (ICC-Angkor/Sambor Prei Kuk) held on June 19-20, we proposed a basic policy for the restoration of the Cruciform Terrace, and received approval from the Committee to start the work to study the implementation plan.
