Patterns for Katsura Inperial Villa, Kyoto karakami

The tenth-generation Karakamiya master oversaw the restoration of the Katsura Imperial Villa in 1950 and also in 1959. Further, in 1979, the eleventh-generation Karakamiya master was also involved in additional repairs of the structure. During this period, he managed to replicate all the original karakami patterns—created when the building was first built and rediscovered during the restoration process—through a long process of trial and error, including producing the foundation pattern paper. The number of patterns restored during this period totaled approximately 4,000. Later, these were carefully preserved by the twelfth-generation Karakamiya master for future repairs to the Katsura Imperial Villa.