Facial reconstruction method - Fukuganho

Japanese: 復顔法 - ふくがんほう

Along with the superimposition method, this is a method used for personal identification, in which flesh is added to the skull using a clay-like substance according to the average thickness of soft tissue by age at over 20 specified locations on the head and face, to reconstruct the face as it appeared when the person was alive. A facial reconstruction is made based solely on statistical values, without looking at any photographs of a particular individual when they were alive, and once completed, it is compared with photographs taken when the person was alive, or shown to related parties for personal identification. There are not many examples of facial reconstruction in Japan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スーパーインポーズ法とともに，個人識別のために行うもので，頭部顔面20数ヵ所の定められた部位の軟部組織の厚さの年齢別平均値にしたがって，粘土性物質を用いて頭蓋骨に肉付けし，生前の顔貌を復元する方法。ある特定個人の生前写真はいっさい見ずに，もっぱら統計値だけにしたがって復顔像を作製し，出来上がってから生前写真と比較したり，あるいは関係者に見せて個人識別を行う。日本では復顔法を行った例はあまり多くない。

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