{Cosmetics Box with Chrysanthemums (lid) · Maker unrecorded · early 1300s · Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0}
In China, the chrysanthemum was historically appreciated for its association with the Double Nine Festival and the reclusive life of the poet Tao Yuanming (AD 365-427). In Japan, the 16-petaled chrysanthemum came to symbolize the Japanese imperial family after Emperor Gotoba (1180-1239) chose the m…
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美術品の美術館における公開の促進に関する法律
Act on Promotion of Public Exhibition of Works of Art in Museums
平成十年法律第九十九号 · Act No. 99 of 1998
A statute whose entire purpose is to coax privately held work onto public walls, by making it materially easier for an owner to lend than to hoard.
The cool part. It is a tax instrument wearing a culture ministry coat. Japan concluded the barrier to seeing art was never storage. It was ownership.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it Palette for a single-colour run: one ink, heavy stock, nothing else on the sheet.
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