Template:Did you know nominations/Kogin-zashi

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:28, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Kogin-zashi

Sadahiko Hibino's 1788 illustration of Kogin-zashi pieces
Sadahiko Hibino's 1788 illustration of Kogin-zashi pieces
Kogin-zashi patterns on items from Aomori Prefecture
Kogin-zashi patterns on items from Aomori Prefecture
  • ... that during the Edo period, kogin-zashi (patterns pictured) was created by peasants in the Tsugaru area to bypass local regulations on clothing? "Koginzashi embroidery". IS JAPAN COOL. Retrieved 2019-12-31.

Created by Mccunicano (talk). Self-nominated at 06:34, 18 November 2019 (UTC).

So far this is only my third DYK nomination so QPQ shouldn't be necessary. I'll definitely do them after my fifth. The other two DYKs I submitted were Japan National Route 279 and Japan National Route 280. (talk Mccunicano 11:29, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
Fair enough, but keep in mind that reviewing other DYKs helps speed the entire process and benefits you too. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:35, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll figure out how to review them soon enough. Mccunicano☕️ 11:16, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Hi, I came by to promote this, but I question the sourcing. The three English-language sources that I can read are all primary or promotional websites. I would imagine that more reliable sources could be obtained in newspaper articles or books. Yoninah (talk) 23:28, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Hello, thank you for looking over the article. I replaced two of the three sources with an entry from Google Arts and Culture, the other source just backs up the claim that kogin is a traditional craft of Aomori Prefecture. Mccunicano☕️ 00:45, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Thank you, but that is not the most reliable source. I have added a list of webpages and books that I called up from a brief search on Google. Yoninah (talk) 14:05, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
  • @Yoninah and Piotrus: I found several sources. i added them to the article. I switched out the reference above. --evrik (talk) 06:13, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Thank you, evrik, but "Is Japan Cool" is not the most reliable website. Yoninah (talk) 12:47, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Yes ... it is. It Actually covers all the elements of the hook. Here are two more that address elements of the hook:

--evrik (talk) 19:28, 31 December 2019 (UTC)


  • Aha! "Is Japan Cool" is not the publisher; it is All Nippon Airways. I'm restoring the tick per Piotrus' review, and also adding a MUCH better image from the article. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:49, 13 January 2020 (UTC)