User:Urashimataro/Uramse Pages

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• Shakaku
• Mon (gate)
• Haraedono
• Katōmado
• Chinjusha (鎮守社)
• Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties - deserves a minimum of explanation, I think. Name in Japanese, year of approval, and so forth
• nageshi　(長押)

Hi, Bamse. I would like to start with the article Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. Which are the best references? The usual ones? You are the expert :-). Urashimataro (talk) 08:07, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Good idea! Not sure that I am an expert in law. The usual references are probably useful as well as the law itself. I am not aware of other English language references besides those mentioned in Cultural Properties of Japan or National Treasures of Japan. (This does not mean that there are no others.) Unfortunately I won't be very productive contributing to the article due to lack of time. Feel free to ask questions (if you have any) and i will try to answer them (if I can). bamse (talk) 12:57, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Urashimataro! Are you still planning to write about the Cultural Properties Protection law? I am sad to hear that the ginkgo is gone. bamse (talk) 15:28, 10 March 2010 (UTC) Hi, Bamse. I sure am, but I am having to deal with eye-strain headaches induced by overwork, so I HAVE to take it easy for a while. You found out about the ginkgo? That was quick. I am planning to go this evening to take photos.Frank (Urashima Tarō) (talk) 23:59, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Take it easy, have a rest. Your edits to the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū‎‎ article helped in finding out about the ginkgo ;-) bamse (talk) 16:02, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Bamse, started the article about the law here. For now, I just pasted in material taken from the National Treasures article and reworked it a bit. Tomorrow I should have some respite from work and am gonna work more on it. Let me know what you think should be done. Frank (Urashima Tarō) (talk) 06:47, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Hm, don't really know where to go from here since I have never written a wikipedia article about a law. Maybe one could go into the actual law text and generate an overview (headings only) of the various articles like in the ja-wikipedia article. Then it might be interesting to know who proposed this law and how it was enforced (If I remember correctly the new National Treasures are from 1951 while the law is from 1950). bamse (talk) 09:44, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Urashimataro! Just noticed that you are writing about tōrō which is a very good thing. Are you also going to cover (gilt) bronze lanterns like that in front of Tōdai-ji's daibutsuden (lantern is a national treasure)? I remember seeing a similar lantern also at Yakushi-ji (between the two pagodas) and Kōfuku-ji seems to have a national treasure lantern in its museum. Probably there are many more examples. bamse (talk) 09:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

I fear not, because I have no material on the subject (I don't even know what you are talking about). Any source to suggest? Frank (Urashima Tarō) (talk) 23:32, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't have material either. They basically look like dai-dōrō but are made of metal. The one at Kofuku-ji is this, Todai-ji's looks like this and Yakushi-ji's lantern looks similar to Todai-ji's (see File:Yakushiji.jpg or File:YakushijiPagoda.jpg (same lantern at different angle)). Because they appear alone and in prominent position in front of the main hall, I thought they might have had other purposes besides illumination, maybe they were/are used ritually??? However I don't have any sources to support this idea, just wondering. bamse (talk) 09:45, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, you already gave me some material. I can include that, for now. Thanks for the tips. Frank (Urashima Tarō) (talk) 01:09, 22 April 2010 (UTC)