This kimono was passed down in the Sakamoto family of the Kinaiya Ishikawa district. It was displayed and offered for sale at the Sakamoto Middle Chamber's grave site ceremonies during the Meiji 39th year and the Taisho 5th year. It was donated to the Kyoto National Museum in the Showa 15th year. Black feathered double-layered design. Sakamoto family crest.
近江屋井口家に伝来した坂本龍馬着用の紋服。明治三十九年および大正五年の坂本中岡の墓前祭に際して出品展示されていた。昭和十五年に恩賜京都博物館に寄贈された。黒羽二重。坂本家家紋入り。
View the original at Japan Search →A craft cannot call itself traditional by taste or reputation. Article 2 sets five conditions, all of which must hold: it is used mainly in daily life, the main part of its making is by hand, it is made by traditional techniques, it is made chiefly from materials traditionally used, and a not-small number of people in a defined area still make it. The designation names the techniques, the materials and the region.
The cool part. Two conditions do quiet work. The first is daily use, so a technique kept alive only for display does not qualify. The fifth is the number of makers: the law will not protect a single surviving genius, because one person is a biography and not an industry. And because the region is written into the designation, the craft is legally attached to a place and cannot move.
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