Huang Goodman · Art Forgotten

Art Forgotten

Art from public museum collections. A mismatched real Japanese law, and some other factoids.

Every object, image and description comes from the museum's own catalogue record, and every object links to its original. Japanese records are machine-translated into English; the museum's Japanese is kept beside the translation because it is the authoritative form. Each law carries its official number and links to e-Gov 法令検索, the Japanese government's statute database.

伝山楽[狩野山楽]/車争図[車争図屏風]
{伝山楽[狩野山楽]/車争図[車争図屏風] · 東京文化財研究所撮影 · 1931年 · Japan Search · 国立国会図書館}
Passing Mountain [Fuji Mountain Musical Instruments] / Car Contest Illustration [Car Contest Screen Painting] · Tokyo Cultural Asset Research Institute Photography

The Tokyo National Museum holds a "Fujiwara no Sadaie's Rakuchu Byobu with the Scroll of the Battle of the Heike (Inventory number: A-10129)" which was photographed in glass plate format at the Tokyo Cultural Property Research Institute in 1931. The information about the title and such is written based on the investigation records at the time of photographing. For the current information about the title and such, please confirm with the relevant preservation institutions.

東京国立博物館が所蔵する「狩野山楽筆/車争図屏風」(機関管理番号:A-10129)を東京文化財研究所で1931年に撮影したガラス乾板です。作品名等の情報は撮影時の調査記録を元に記載しております。現在の作品名等については各所蔵機関の情報をご確認ください。

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The law
京都国際文化観光都市建設法
Kyoto International Culture Tourism City Construction Act
昭和二十五年法律第二百五十一号 · Act No. 251 of 1950

A national statute written for one city. Article 1 recites the beauty of Kyoto and its historically, culturally and artistically important position in the world, and gives two purposes: to raise international culture and serve the ideal of permanent world peace, and to contribute to the economic recovery of Japan. It was passed five years after the war ended.

The cool part. Article 3 lets Kyoto designate culture tourism preservation districts and, by ordinance, prohibit building, rebuilding, removal, changes to the shape of the land and the cutting of bamboo, trees and stone, with compensation for ordinary loss. Then Article 4 does something statutes almost never do. It places a duty on the mayor personally: in the spirit of local autonomy, and with the cooperation of residents, the mayor must engage in ceaseless activity to complete the city. Nara received its own Act, number 250, the day before.

Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →

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Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated