The first papyrus restoration project in Japan

Educating students to become papyrus conservators

Abstract

From 2013 to 2015, Tokai University, Japan, undertook the restoration of the papyri donated by the family of the late Professor Emeritus Hachishi Suzuki. Known as 'Restoration, Conservation, and Decipherment of Papyri in the Tokai University Collection with an International Collaboration', the project had the goal of giving undergraduate students the opportunity to learn papyrus conservation and restoration, and to publish the material.