{Nesting Bowls with Daoist Immortals · Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914) · 1893–1914 · Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0}
Yohei III was capable of ink painting–like compositions in underglaze blue, as well as more decorative ones like that on this set of three nesting bowls. Bowls with very similar designs in five colors were produced in the reign of the Wanli emperor (r. 1572–1620) during the Ming dynasty, and Yohei…
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文化芸術基本法
Basic Act on Culture and the Arts
平成十三年法律第百四十八号 · Act No. 148 of 2001
Opens by stating that people have a right to enjoy culture, and makes its promotion a duty of national and local government.
The cool part. It puts the arts in the same grammatical register as infrastructure. Not a subsidy argued for each year — a standing obligation.
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