Divinity Atlas
Things this atlas does not know. Each entry is a question that specialists
have posed and not settled, recorded with what would actually resolve it and which
expertise the answer needs.
These are kept deliberately, rather than quietly omitted. An atlas that shows
only what it is sure of implies a confidence it has not earned, and the gaps are often where
the interesting work is. Several sit exactly where two fields fail to meet: identifying the
hyssop of the Hebrew Bible needs a botanist and a philologist of Biblical Hebrew, and neither
one settles it alone.
You can send evidence on some of these. A pilot is open on 55 questions in one field, Palaeography. Each says what would resolve it; send something that meets that bar, with a source anybody can check, and an editor will weigh it. Sending evidence does not guarantee the question will be resolved, and it does not have to be your field to read what is being asked. See what is open.
Grouped by the field an answer needs. A question sitting between two disciplines appears under both, which is why the group counts add up to more than the number of questions.
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Archaeometry 1
Imperial Regalia of Japan
Are the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, the mirror Yata no Kagami and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama actually present today, in the condition tradition describes?
Open Imperial Regalia of Japan
Why It Is Open Shinto religious practice keeps all three objects permanently unshown. Atsuta Shrine, Ise Grand Shrine and the Imperial Household Agency have never permitted an outside examination, so nobody outside the shrines and the Agency has verified the objects present or their condition in the modern era.
What Would Settle It A supervised non-invasive examination, such as imaging conducted by the custodial shrines or the Imperial Household Agency themselves, since no outside access has ever been permitted.
Expertise Needed Shinto studies, archaeometry
Question posed in
The Imperial Regalia: Japan's Three Sacred Treasures (Nippon.com), Nippon.com.
Shinto Studies 1
Imperial Regalia of Japan
Are the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, the mirror Yata no Kagami and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama actually present today, in the condition tradition describes?
Open Imperial Regalia of Japan
Why It Is Open Shinto religious practice keeps all three objects permanently unshown. Atsuta Shrine, Ise Grand Shrine and the Imperial Household Agency have never permitted an outside examination, so nobody outside the shrines and the Agency has verified the objects present or their condition in the modern era.
What Would Settle It A supervised non-invasive examination, such as imaging conducted by the custodial shrines or the Imperial Household Agency themselves, since no outside access has ever been permitted.
Expertise Needed Shinto studies, archaeometry
Question posed in
The Imperial Regalia: Japan's Three Sacred Treasures (Nippon.com), Nippon.com.