This study examines the production techniques of Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince Entrance to the National Confucian Academy, an Uigwe?the Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty? containing the entrance ceremony of Crown Prince Hyomyeong (1809-1830). Prince Hyomyeong entered Sungkyunkwan when he was nine years old. Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince''s Entrance to the National Confucian Academy is the only historical source for the crown prince''s admission. The Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince''s Entrance to the National Confucian Academy is a sketchbook of folded pictures, containing ceremonial statements and events in order of ritual, and colored on paper.
The purpose of this study is to examine the production techniques based on Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince Entrance to the National Confucian Academy, the collection of the National Palace Museum of Korea, which is in good condition, and to restore and re-product the exfoliated and damaged parts of the figure. Production techniques were considered in the following process: the literature, measurements, and scientific analysis of paintings were organized, and the production techniques were investigated. By identifying the damage and finding the cause and restoring it, a copy of the reproduction was made.
The research was conducted through scientific analysis and proving the process of making a sketchbook in the research report published by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. XRF(X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry) pigment analysis and microscopic examination data analyze mineral-based and plant-based pigment.
The damage was not severe; Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince''s Entrance to the National Confucian Academy had traces of wear and tear around the center, resulting in pigmentation, deletion, contamination and discoloration. The damage was restored by comparing the paintings on six sides of Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince’s Entrance to the National Confucian Academy. The production process and techniques of Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince''s Entrance to the National Confucian Academy have several important features. In order to put the crown prince''s procession in the sketchbook in order, the timing and composition are the buoyant views from top to bottom, and the views of the figures, trees, and buildings are different. The first character in the process was drawn using a thin garment and a line of constant thickness.
Trees are drawn using lines with the light and shadow that seemed three-dimensional. The architecture described the ink lines hidden in trees and the ink lines around the building. During the painting process, there was no light and shadow on the character''s clothes, and gold powder was used in ceremonial items. The trees were mainly mixed in color. White dots are drawn and depicted, and the thin white lines of the wall are depicted using a ruler.
Reproduction and Analysis of Illustrated Album of the Ceremony for the Crown Prince''s Entrance to the National Confucian Academy has shown that reproduction records and preserves culture and is significant to the next generation. We hope that the study of production techniques through restoration imitation will study the preservation and damage prevention of documentary cultural assets, and will be applied again to the research and restoration of Uigwe and documentary cultural assets that have not been disclosed so far.