The Study on the Gold Leaf technique and this application in early Meiji Period based on fieldwork and research

本研究旨在厘清明治初期（19世纪）高尔夫叶的制作过程。我们详细介绍了一种特殊纸张的制造过程，这种纸张是使黄金变得更薄的最重要的材料。这篇论文被命名为“白内神”，是由石田神出身的技术工人培养出来的。京都的工人直到现在都是一个人在做整个过程，这为本研究了解明治初期的工作方式提供了一个很好的例子。Suji-ire法是一种将金箔削薄的工艺，是明治时期的常规工艺。现在Suji-ire几乎没有这样做，但工人正在遵循这个过程，所以她的金箔比其他工人的要薄。因此，明治初期高尔夫球叶的薄度超出了我们的想象。新发现的历史资料《白桥洋次宾然》是1876年形成的制作金箔的词汇手册。这些词汇给我们提供了19世纪高尔夫球叶制作过程的信息。所以我们重印了这本手册，作为了解明治初期制作金箔的基础。

The purpose of this study is to clarify the process of making Golf Leaf in early Meiji Period (19th Century).We made dear the manufacturing process of the special paper that is the most important material for striking gold to make it thinner. The paper is named Hakuuchi-kami that is brought up Shitaji-kamiby skilled worker.The worker in Kyoto was doing the entire process by herself even now, which provides a good example for this study to understand the working style in early Meiji Period.Suji-ire process was a devise for gold leaf to make very thin, that was regular process in Meiji Period. Nowadays Suji-ire is not almost doing but the worker is following this process, so her gold leaf is thin as compared with the other worker's it. Therefore thinness of golf leaf in early Meiji Period was beyond our imagination.A new find historical materials Hakugyo Yoji Binran is the manual of a vocabulary of making gold leaf formed in 1876. These vocabulary give information of the process of making golf leaf in 19th Century to us. So we reprinted this manual for the data as a basis of understanding making gold leaf in early Meiji Period.