# Utoubori Daruma factual review packet

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

Regional field file: https://darumaatlas.com/types/utoubori
Suggested reviewer: Prefectural craft curator or carving-lineage representative
Review scope: Split-wood method, rising pose and the role of natural fissures
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 — Carved from split wood

- Claim ID: `claim-utoubori-material`
- Current statement: Aomori Prefecture documents an itto-bori carving tradition, so the object is intentionally not given the smooth rotational shell used for papier-mâché forms.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/utoubori#claim-utoubori-material
- Current sources:
- Aomori Prefecture — Utoubori Daruma (Prefectural craft source): https://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/soshiki/sangyo/chikikigyo/aomori_dento-kogei_utouboridaruma.html
- Reviewer response: correct as written / correct but needs nuance / incorrect / outside our expertise / source has changed
- Suggested correction or context:

## Claim 2 — Rising rather than sitting

- Claim ID: `claim-utoubori-pose`
- Current statement: The prefectural description reads the figure as a daruma rising or taking a step from meditation.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/utoubori#claim-utoubori-pose
- Current sources:
- Aomori Prefecture — Utoubori Daruma (Prefectural craft source): https://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/soshiki/sangyo/chikikigyo/aomori_dento-kogei_utouboridaruma.html
- Reviewer response: correct as written / correct but needs nuance / incorrect / outside our expertise / source has changed
- Suggested correction or context:

## Claim 3 — The split is part of the work

- Claim ID: `claim-utoubori-surface`
- Current statement: Natural wood fissures contribute to the character of individual objects. This abstract study shows grain but not an artist's exact split.
- Direct claim URL: https://darumaatlas.com/types/utoubori#claim-utoubori-surface
- Current sources:
- Aomori Prefecture — Utoubori Daruma (Prefectural craft source): https://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/soshiki/sangyo/chikikigyo/aomori_dento-kogei_utouboridaruma.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.