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:

Fine Arts and Crafts

Lists of all national treasures in the category Fine and industrial art objects (美術工芸品)

Ongoing effort

ReijiYamashina is uploading pictures of National Treasures to commons
663highland is adding information from the national treasure lists to old and new articles of temples and shrines
Bamse is writing occasionally articles on museums/temples/shrines that house National Treasures and is doing other small improvements to related articles
Bamse is uploading images of National Treasure paintings from Emuseum and elsewhere
Maculosae tegmine lyncis is uploading images of sculptures and other 3D objects from an old book
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)