This doll wears a red-lined kimono and is a type of sacred doll. Sacred dolls are made with white, polished bodies, a plump three-headed form, and a lovable expression resembling a young child. Their faces often take on typical expressions such as "cockfighting" or "holding a dog." However, the unique personality expressed in the face of this particular sacred doll is rare.
紅縮緬の振袖を着た御所人形である。御所人形は、胡粉仕上げの白く磨かれた肌に、三頭身のまろやかな体躯、愛らしい表情の幼児の姿に作られ、「闘鶏」や「狗持」のように類型化した表情につくられるが、この人形額の出た個性的な表情につくられている点が珍しい。
View the original at Japan Search →It protects not the buildings but the setting that holds them. Article 2 defines historic landscape as land where structures and remains of historical significance form a single whole with the surrounding natural environment, which is the legal way of saying the hills, the approaches and the sightlines. The ancient capitals are Kyoto, Nara and Kamakura, plus any other municipality added by Cabinet Order. The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism designates a preservation area; city planning then carves a Special Preservation District over its core, and inside that district an owner needs permission from the prefectural governor to build, to fell timber, or to change the shape of the ground.
The cool part. It legislates the view, and then it pays for it. Article 10 requires the prefecture to compensate an owner who suffers loss because permission was refused. Article 12 goes further: where refusal seriously impairs the use of the land, the owner can require the prefecture to buy it, at market value. So the state does not merely tell you what the horizon behind a temple may look like. It agrees to purchase the land rather than let the skyline change. Two more things worth knowing. The prefecture must physically sign the district boundary, and a landowner may not obstruct the sign without just cause. And the ministry holding the pen is Transport, not Culture.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it Two-colour foil on uncoated stock gets you most of this at production cost.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated