The object referred to as "soh" is a container for sake. The stand or base for this object is called "son-an." In the context of a shrine ceremony, the central position of the stand holds the Raijin-boko-gongen-soh, while Fuchi-gongen-soh and Baku-gongen-soh are placed to its left and right, respectively. The "soh" object has a ladle-like implement called "hishaku" as its single component. The Raijin-boko-gongen-soh is utilized during ceremonies where offerings of sake to Confucius are being made on behalf of attendees. Ruby: soh, hishaku.
尊は酒を入れる器で、尊案はそれを置く机である。祭儀においては、尊案の中央に雷神蒔絵尊を置き、その左右に犠尊・象尊が並べられた。尊は蒲勺と呼ばれる匙と一具をなし、雷神蒔絵尊は孔子に供えた神酒を参列者にふるまう際に用いられた。 ルビ：そん さじ
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 A motif small enough to blind-deboss, which is where restraint actually shows.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated