Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper · Momoyama period (1573–1615) · Image (a): 44 in. × 18 11/16 in. (111.7 × 47.4 cm) Overall with mounting (a): 78 11/16 × 24 5/8 in. (199.8 × 62.6 cm) Overall with knobs (a): 78 11/16 × 26 9/16 in. (199.8 × 67.5 cm) Image (b): 44 1/16 × 18 11/16 in. (111.9 × 47.4 cm) Overall with mounting (b): 78 15/16 × 24 1/2 in. (200.5 × 62.3 cm) Overall with knobs (b): 78 15/16 × 26 9/16 in. (200.5 × 67.4 cm) · Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
View the original at The Metropolitan Museum of Art →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.
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.
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