Rights policy · Effective August 15, 2026

Rights, attribution, and removal requests

The Ukiyo-e app displays material approved through ukiyo-e.uk. Contributors must identify the original source record, rights or license statement, applicable terms, and requested attribution, and must grant the project permission to publish approved material on the website and in the app. The project does not claim ownership of third-party artworks or institutional reproductions merely because they appear in the catalog.

Sources and attribution

The educational catalog brings together records derived from contributor research and original collection records, including national and municipal museums, university archives, libraries, and other identified collection providers. Depending on the individual record, source labels may refer to ColBase and the Tokyo National Museum, the British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Ritsumeikan ARC, Waseda University, the Library of Congress, and other named collections.

Each approved publication must retain the source institution or provider, the original record URL when available, the applicable rights or license label, a terms URL, and the requested attribution. These fields describe the individual record; inclusion of a source name does not imply that the institution sponsors or endorses this project. Public-domain status of an underlying artwork does not automatically determine the rights status of every scan, photograph, transcription, or database record.

Moderation and app publication

Website submissions are private while pending and are not published automatically. A reviewer checks provenance, rights evidence, attribution, metadata, and technical quality before an approved item may be copied to the public CloudKit catalog used by the read-only app. The app does not provide an upload, account, comment, or community surface.

Notice-and-takedown process

We respond to copyright and other rights notices in a process designed to follow applicable notice-and-takedown law, including the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act where it applies. A notice is reviewed promptly. When access is disabled, the corresponding website publication, CloudKit record, and app record are placed into the same removal workflow. Previously downloaded app copies are removed during the next successful catalog synchronization.

A DMCA safe-harbor claim requires a registered designated agent and other statutory conditions. This page does not represent that registration as complete. Registered-agent contact details will be posted here after registration with the U.S. Copyright Office.

What to include

Your name, contact email, role, and physical or electronic signature.
Identification of the copyrighted work or other right you claim.
The exact app artwork ID, source URL, or other location to be disabled.
A good-faith statement that the disputed use is not authorized by the owner, agent, or law.
A statement that the information is accurate and, for a copyright notice, that you are authorized to act under penalty of perjury.

Counter-notifications

Select “Counter-notification” below. Identify the removed material and its former location, explain why removal resulted from mistake or misidentification, provide your contact information and signature, and include the jurisdiction and service-of-process statements required by 17 U.S.C. §512(g). Eligible material is not restored before the statutory waiting period and will not be restored if the claimant reports a qualifying court action.

Submit a notice

Notice type Your name Your email Your role or authority App artwork ID, if known Work or right claimed Exact content locations Request and supporting facts Electronic signature I state in good faith that the disputed use is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law, or that a counter-notice concerns a mistake or misidentification. I state that this notice is accurate and that I am authorized to act; where applicable, I make this statement under penalty of perjury. I have read the privacy notice and consent to processing this request.

権利表示と削除要請

浮世絵アプリの公開画像は、ukiyo-e.ukで審査された投稿に基づきます。権利者から有効な異議・削除要請を受けた場合、ウェブ公開、CloudKit、アプリ内レコードを同一の削除手順で処理し、アプリは次回の同期時に取得済み画像を削除します。

各承認資料には、所蔵機関・提供元、原出典URL、適用される権利・ライセンス表示、利用条件URL、必要なクレジットを保持します。出典名は来歴を示すもので、当該機関による提携・推奨を意味しません。投稿は自動公開されず、来歴、権利根拠、クレジット、目録情報、技術品質を審査した後にのみアプリの公開目録へ反映されます。