# Sankaku Daruma factual review packet

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

Regional field file: https://darumaatlas.com/types/sankaku
Suggested reviewer: Municipal culture or prefectural craft specialist
Review scope: Triangular form, approachable expression and self-righting boundary
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 — The triangle is the identity

- Claim ID: `claim-sankaku-form`
- Current statement: Agano City names the triangular form and colour as defining features, making the profile visible even before the face is read.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/sankaku#claim-sankaku-form
- Current sources:
- Agano City — Sankaku Daruma project (Municipal source): https://www.city.agano.niigata.jp/shisei_machizukuri/koho_kocho/kishakaiken_hodohappyo/2/13/15039.html
- Niigata Official Tourism — Sankaku Daruma feature (Official tourism source): https://niigata-kankou.or.jp/blog/1413
- Reviewer response: correct as written / correct but needs nuance / incorrect / outside our expertise / source has changed
- Suggested correction or context:

## Claim 2 — Warm rather than severe

- Claim ID: `claim-sankaku-expression`
- Current statement: The city describes a humorous, approachable expression. This study keeps that mood without copying one surviving maker's face.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/sankaku#claim-sankaku-expression
- Current sources:
- Agano City — Sankaku Daruma project (Municipal source): https://www.city.agano.niigata.jp/shisei_machizukuri/koho_kocho/kishakaiken_hodohappyo/2/13/15039.html
- Niigata Official Tourism — Sankaku Daruma feature (Official tourism source): https://niigata-kankou.or.jp/blog/1413
- Reviewer response: correct as written / correct but needs nuance / incorrect / outside our expertise / source has changed
- Suggested correction or context:

## Claim 3 — Still an okiagari form

- Claim ID: `claim-sankaku-balance`
- Current statement: The pointed body belongs to the wider self-righting daruma family, although this lightweight Web object does not claim to reproduce its physical balance.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/sankaku#claim-sankaku-balance
- Current sources:
- Agano City — Sankaku Daruma project (Municipal source): https://www.city.agano.niigata.jp/shisei_machizukuri/koho_kocho/kishakaiken_hodohappyo/2/13/15039.html
- Niigata Minato — Sankaku Daruma history (Specialist retail history): https://www.niigata-minato.com/syouhinannai/daruma/sankakudaruma-setumei.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.