In the past, a four-paneled reliquary box, was decorated with gold and silver inlay. The main panels depicted high-relief sculptures of a feather fan, a buriburi (a type of fan), and a magic bow. The interior was lined with gold lacquer. The bottom center had a stamp.
昔形4段の印籠で、金粉溜地に高蒔絵で羽子板・ぶりぶり・破魔弓を高蒔絵で表す。段内部は金梨子地。底部中央下に作銘。
View the original at Japan Search →Article 1 states the aim as a beautiful and dignified national land, and it covers not only cities but farming, mountain and fishing villages. Inside a landscape planning area, Article 16 requires advance notification of new building, extension, rebuilding, relocation, and any repair or alteration that changes the exterior. Landscape Districts go further and impose direct restrictions on the form and design of buildings.
The cool part. Read Article 16 to the end of the sentence. A change of colour is listed alongside new construction as an act you must notify. Repainting your building is, in law, the same category of event as putting up a new one. This is the machinery behind the muted shopfronts of Kyoto. The brown coffee-shop sign is not a marketing choice, it is compliance.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it Take the ratio, not the picture. It sets a page better than a grid does.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated
