# Koshigaya Daruma factual review packet

Status: Prepared, not sent.
Queue: Prepared review backlog.

Regional field file: https://darumaatlas.com/types/koshigaya
Suggested reviewer: Municipal craft or cultural specialist
Review scope: Pale complexion, raised nose and the limits of the Edo transport explanation
Source audit: 27 August 2026
Institution review: Not yet institution reviewed
Maker review: Not yet maker reviewed
3D status: Interpretive model — not a licensed replica
Object capture brief: Not included in the current five-object capture pilot

Please review only the three current claims below. A factual reply is not endorsement of Daruma Atlas, another regional file or the 3D collection.


## Claim 1 — A notably pale face

- Claim ID: `claim-koshigaya-complexion`
- Current statement: Koshigaya City names the lighter complexion as a distinguishing feature compared with other daruma.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/koshigaya#claim-koshigaya-complexion
- Current sources:
- Koshigaya City — Koshigaya Daruma (Municipal craft source): https://www.city.koshigaya.saitama.jp/citypromotion/rekisibunka/dentokogyo/daruma.html
- Reviewer response: correct as written / correct but needs nuance / incorrect / outside our expertise / source has changed
- Suggested correction or context:

## Claim 2 — The nose rises forward

- Claim ID: `claim-koshigaya-profile`
- Current statement: A slightly higher nose is linked locally to the short transport distance to Edo, where a projecting feature was less likely to break.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/koshigaya#claim-koshigaya-profile
- Current sources:
- Koshigaya City — Koshigaya Daruma (Municipal craft source): https://www.city.koshigaya.saitama.jp/citypromotion/rekisibunka/dentokogyo/daruma.html
- Reviewer response: correct as written / correct but needs nuance / incorrect / outside our expertise / source has changed
- Suggested correction or context:

## Claim 3 — Refined and gentle

- Claim ID: `claim-koshigaya-expression`
- Current statement: The city describes the overall face as elegant and kind, so the study avoids the aggressive brow often used in generic daruma icons.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/koshigaya#claim-koshigaya-expression
- Current sources:
- Koshigaya City — Koshigaya Daruma (Municipal craft source): https://www.city.koshigaya.saitama.jp/citypromotion/rekisibunka/dentokogyo/daruma.html
- Reviewer response: correct as written / correct but needs nuance / incorrect / outside our expertise / source has changed
- Suggested correction or context:

## Model inspection boundary

The regional page offers front, right, back, left and oblique inspection after the optional 3D stage is loaded. The model is an interpretive Web reconstruction, not an authenticated digital twin or licensed replica.

## Rights boundary

A factual reply does not grant rights to photographs, scans, logos, workshop-specific designs, calligraphy, merchandising or endorsement. Any permission discussion must be recorded separately.

## Response ledger

Record: date sent; recipient; official route; claim ID; response; decision; text change; model change; credit permission; reviewer wording approval; date published.