The entire work is coated in lacquer, and scenes of reeds and willows, as well as depictions of ripples and calm waters, are drawn. The author, Matsumoto Chōgi, was born in the family of painting masters in Kamisu. The vast spatial structure and the solid technique of painting traditional Rakuchō-e are evident.
全体に黒漆を塗り、研出蒔絵に描割や蒔暈しを交えて、柳・鷺・芦など水辺の情景を描く。作者の藤林昌吉は、金沢の蒔絵師の家に生まれた人物。空間を広くとった構図や、堅実な蒔絵技法に、伝統的な加賀蒔絵の特色があらわれている。
View the original at Japan Search →Unusually for a Japanese statute it opens with a preamble, which states that finding joy in creating culture and living among it is an unchanging wish of people, and that culture contributes to world peace. Article 2 then sets the principles: the autonomy of those who make culture must be fully respected, and their creativity, standing and capacity considered.
The cool part. Article 2, paragraph 3 is the line worth reading twice. It says that creating and receiving culture is a right people are born with, and requires an environment in which citizens can appreciate, participate and create regardless of age, disability, economic situation, or the area they live in. Four barriers named in statute, one of which is your postcode. It puts the arts in the same grammatical register as infrastructure. Not a subsidy argued for each year, a standing obligation.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it Two-colour foil on uncoated stock gets you most of this at production cost.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated