User:Bamse/National Treasures of Japan

If you are interested in Japanese art, architecture or history go ahead and do anything on the ToDo-list below. It would be great if you left a short note on my talk page in this case.

Scope
All National Treasures of Japan

Aim
Improve articles within the scope.

Status
National Treasures of Japan is a featured topic now.

Buildings and structures
All National  treasures of the building/structure category are contained in  the  following lists:
 * List of  National Treasures of Japan (castles):
 * List of  National Treasures of Japan (shrines):
 * List of  National Treasures of Japan (residences):
 * List of  National Treasures of Japan (temples):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (miscellaneous  structures):  ✅ merged into National  Treasures of Japan



Fine Arts and Crafts
Lists of all national treasures in the category Fine and industrial art objects (美術工芸品)
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts),  split in
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-swords):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-others):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (historical materials): ✅ merged into  National Treasures of Japan
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Chinese books):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Japanese books):
 * List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: others):



Ongoing effort

 * 1) ReijiYamashina is uploading pictures of National Treasures to commons
 * 2) 663highland is adding information from the national treasure lists to old and new articles of temples and shrines
 * 3) Bamse is writing occasionally articles on museums/temples/shrines that house National Treasures and is doing other small improvements to related articles
 * 4) Bamse is uploading images of National Treasure paintings from Emuseum and elsewhere
 * 5) Maculosae tegmine lyncis is uploading images of sculptures and other 3D objects from an old book
 * 6) User:Yunshui is among others very active in creating articles on National Treasures

ToDo

 * Update National Treasure related articles (and those on Cultural Properties of Japan) with new (as of April 10) pamphlets found here
 * Improve existing articles on temples, shrines, museums,... with information from the National Treasure lists
 * Write new articles on National Treasures of Japan
 * Find even more pictures of National Treasures and upload them to commons:
 * take pictures yourself and upload them
 * pictures of old 2D objects (paintings, writings,...) can be uploaded under PD-Art license irrespective where they come from (even if the website or book or other source claims a copyright)!
 * check flickr for pictures with free licenses (see Upload work from Flickr for an explanation of suitable licenses and this page for links to common searches)
 * check old books for pictures (laws are complicated, ask Commons talk:Licensing whether it is ok to upload scans in individual cases, usually the book has to be at least 70 years old but additional conditions apply)

Done

 * created lists of all National Treasures
 * created a National Treasures featured topic, i.e....
 * ...improved all lists to featured lists and
 * ...improved the National Treasures of Japan article to good article quality
 * uploaded lots of pictures of National Treasures
 * added information on National Treasures to respective articles (more needs to be done)

Resources

 * Database of National Cultural Properties, list of all National Treasures of Japan (in Japanese)
 * JAANUS - Japanese Architecture and Art Net User System, helpful for translations
 * Category:National Treasures of Japan
 * Category:Lists of National Treasures of Japan
 * web site of official gazette and search (for announcements of new designations etc)

Notes that might be useful

 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (ancient documents)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (archaeological materials)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (castles)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (crafts-swords)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures  (crafts-others)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (temples)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (residences)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (shrines)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (sculptures)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (writings)
 * User:Bamse/List of National Treasures (crafts)
 * User:Bamse/National Treasures of Japan/Notes
 * User:Bamse/National Treasures of Japan/Timelines
 * User:Bamse/National Treasures of Japan/Flickrsearch