Following the curves of a hyotan (bottle gourd) shape, this work distinguishes various patterns unique to the shonzai-de (fruit carvers). The uninscribed parts at the bottom have the seven treasures link (shittoutsuna) pattern engraved. The gourd-shaped characteristic of shonzai-de can be seen in objects of the same size as examples. It is also known that they were beloved items at the time, used for hospitality.
瓢箪（ひょうたん）の形の曲線に沿って、「祥瑞手（しょんずいで）」特有のさまざまな文様を描き分けている。無文の地部分には、七宝繋（しっぽうつな）ぎ文が刻まれている。「祥瑞手」の瓢(ひさご)形徳利には同寸の類例が見られ、当時もてなしの場で好まれたやきものであることが分かる。
View the original at Japan Search →Article 1 states the aim as a beautiful and dignified national land, and it covers not only cities but farming, mountain and fishing villages. Inside a landscape planning area, Article 16 requires advance notification of new building, extension, rebuilding, relocation, and any repair or alteration that changes the exterior. Landscape Districts go further and impose direct restrictions on the form and design of buildings.
The cool part. Read Article 16 to the end of the sentence. A change of colour is listed alongside new construction as an act you must notify. Repainting your building is, in law, the same category of event as putting up a new one. This is the machinery behind the muted shopfronts of Kyoto. The brown coffee-shop sign is not a marketing choice, it is compliance.
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.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated