Digital Restoration of Color in Noh Mask

Author

Yin, Xin ; Miichi, Yasuo ; Tanaka, Hiromi T.

Author_Institution

Ritsumeikan Univ., Kusatsu

fYear

2006

fDate

14-17 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The restoration of cultural heritage is an important aspect of the preservation of cultural heritage. Noh is a traditional Japanese dramatic art and the ancient Noh mask is an important cultural heritage. In this paper, a technique for restoring the color of ancient Noh masks is introduced. The process involves measurement of the mesh and color of the mask, followed by initial calculation of color variation on the 3D (dimension) surface of the Noh mask by reference to the surface normal. Then the 2D texture is extracted from the 3D surface of Noh mask and the original colors of the mask are then restored using a digital algorithm. The effectiveness of this technique is demonstrated by the illustrations of the results obtained

Keywords

art; feature extraction; image colour analysis; image restoration; image texture; 2D texture extraction; 3D surface; Japanese Noh mask; color restoration; cultural heritage; digital algorithm; mesh measurement; Art; Color; Cultural differences; Fading; Image processing; Image restoration; Pigments; Shape measurement; Surface texture; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2006. 2006 IEEE Region 10 Conference

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0548-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0549-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2006.343743

Filename

4142418