![宗達[俵屋宗達]／関屋図屏風](https://colbase.nich.go.jp/media/tobunken/01457/image/slideshow_s/G01457.jpg)
The Tokyo National Museum houses a "Hon'ami Kōetsu calligraphy scroll, screens of Uji no Furu (Late Uji), with the sponsorship of Ujitada Moromasa and Ujitada Tomomasa (A-12190)" (inventory number). The glass plate photograph of this work was taken at the Tokyo Cultural Property Research Institute in 1933. The information regarding the title and such is based on the investigation records at the time of photographing. For the current information on the title and such, please confirm with the relevant preservation institutions.
東京国立博物館が所蔵する「俵屋宗達筆、烏丸光広賛／関屋図屏風」（機関管理番号：A-12190）を東京文化財研究所で1933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。
View the original at Japan Search →A weapons statute that contains the most important art registry in the country. Article 2 defines a sword by measurement: a blade of fifteen centimetres or more for a sword, spear or naginata, five and a half for a dagger. Article 14 then carves out an exception. The prefectural board of education registers old firearms of value as art or antiques, and swords of value as art, on the basis of an appraisal by registration examiners appointed for their scholarly knowledge.
The cool part. A Japanese sword is lawful to own because it has been certified as art. Not because it was disarmed, not because it was licensed as a weapon. The judgement is made by the board of education, and Article 14 then requires the board to notify the prefectural public safety commission of what it has decided. The culture side rules, and the police are informed afterwards. Fail the appraisal and the same object becomes contraband.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it A motif small enough to blind-deboss, which is where restraint actually shows.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated