Beautiful celadon began production under the influence of Chinese Tang dynasty celadon technology. By the 12th century, beautiful celadon had completed its unique balance of lively and tranquil beauty. A Chinese envoy named Jokiyo, who visited Goryeo, praised an "hi-shoku" (fucshite jade-like) piece of this celadon in his record "Senwa envoy to Goryeo records.
高麗青磁は中国唐の青磁製法の技術の影響を受けて生産が始まりました。12世紀には高麗独特のおだやかで静謐な美しさをそなえた青磁が完成します。高麗を訪れた中国の使臣、徐兢(じょきょう)は著書『宣和奉使高麗図経(せんわこうしほうしこうらいずきょう)』のなかで「翡色(ひしょく)」と呼ばれるその器を讃えています。
View the original at Japan Search →Article 1 sets a purpose larger than preservation: to preserve cultural properties AND to make use of them, contributing to the cultural advancement of the people and to the progress of world culture. Article 4 turns that outward. An owner must recognise the object as a precious national asset, preserve it for the public, and make it public as far as possible. Ownership here carries a duty to show.
The cool part. "Living National Treasure" appears nowhere in the statute. Article 71 requires that when an Important Intangible Cultural Property is designated, the minister must also certify its holder or holding group. Japan does not register the pot, it registers the potter. Article 96 is the one that reaches ordinary people: if you uncover a shell mound, a dwelling site or a tumulus, you must leave it exactly as it is and notify the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs without delay, and the Commissioner can freeze the ground for up to three months.
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