The painter Watanabe Shikō had a special interest in scientific realism, based on interactions with his patron Konoe Iehiro. Shikō combined his attention to accurate depiction of plants with strong ink outlines and decorative elements like gold and silver, arriving at an innovative style that influ…
View the original at Cleveland Museum of Art →A craft cannot call itself traditional by taste or reputation. It is a designation, granted against statutory conditions, and it can be withheld.
The cool part. One condition is that the craft must still be made for daily use. A technique kept alive only for display can lose the designation. The law protects living work, not heritage theatre.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it A motif small enough to blind-deboss, which is where restraint actually shows.
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