Terms of Use for Downloadable Digital Artworks

Established: August 14, 2026
Revised: August 17, 2026

These Terms of Use set forth the conditions governing the purchase, download, and use of digital artwork data sold by MUGOKUKAN (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). By completing an order, the purchaser confirms that they have reviewed and agreed to these Terms.

Article 1 — Products Covered by These Terms

1. These Terms apply to digital download products sold through the Website.
2. The products covered by these Terms consist of digital artwork data in JPEG or other specified formats. Unless expressly stated on the applicable product page, no physical item—including a canvas, framed artwork, printed product, storage device, certificate, or other tangible product—will be shipped.
3. If separate conditions are displayed for free wallpapers or other complimentary materials, those specific conditions will take precedence over these Terms.

Article 2 — Specifications and Display Images

1. The file format, image dimensions, resolution, color profile, and other specifications will be displayed on each product page.
2. Printing results may vary depending on the printer, paper, ink, color profile, printing company, printing method, and output environment.
3. Before purchasing a product, the purchaser is responsible for confirming that the intended printing company, printing service, or output device supports the file format, image dimensions, resolution, and color profile of the digital artwork data.
4. Images displayed on product pages are previews prepared for online viewing. Colors shown on a screen may differ from the colors of the purchased file or physical print depending on the monitor, browser, device, and printing conditions.
5. Photographs and images shown on product pages, printing guides, or other pages of the Website—including room displays, framing examples, paper comparisons, television displays, and printing processes—may include both actual examples and illustrative images created to explain possible finishes or uses. Such images do not guarantee the results of any particular paper, printing company, device, or finished product.

Article 3 — Download Method and Availability Period

1. After payment has been confirmed, the purchaser may download the digital artwork data from the order-completion page or through the order-completion email. If the purchase was made using a registered account, the file may also be downloaded from the Downloads section of My Account.
2. Each purchased file may be downloaded up to five times.
3. The download period is 300 days from the date of purchase.
4. The download link will cease to function when the permitted number of downloads has been reached or the download period has expired.
5. The purchaser must download the file during the valid download period and is responsible for storing and backing it up in a secure location.
6. The Website does not guarantee that a file will be provided again after the download period has expired if it has been lost because of device failure, loss of a device, accidental deletion, failure to save the file, or another circumstance attributable to the purchaser.

Article 4 — Management of Order-Completion Emails and Download Links

1. The order-completion email and download link may be used only by the purchaser.
2. The purchaser is responsible for properly safeguarding the order-completion email and download link and must not forward, transfer, share, publish, or otherwise make them available to a third party.
3. A third party who obtains the download link may be able to download the file without being the purchaser. Any download made by a third party will count toward the purchaser’s permitted number of downloads.
4. Except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Website, the Website will not be liable for use by a third party resulting from improper management, accidental transmission, forwarding, sharing, unauthorized access to a device or email account, or another circumstance attributable to the purchaser.
5. If the purchaser suspects that a download link has been disclosed or used without authorization, the purchaser must contact the Website promptly.
6. After verifying the purchase record using the order number, purchaser’s name, email address, or other necessary information, the Website may suspend or reset existing download permissions or take other measures as appropriate.
7. The Website does not guarantee that download permissions will be reset or that consumed download attempts will be restored when a link has been disclosed or lost, or downloads have been consumed, due to circumstances attributable to the purchaser.

Article 5 — Proof of Purchase

1. No individual edition number or separate certificate will be issued for the artwork.
2. The purchase date and order number constitute the unique information used to identify the purchase record. The order-completion email sent by the Website serves as proof of purchase.
3. The purchaser must retain the order-completion email together with the download information.
4. The order number identifies the purchase record. It does not prove a transfer of copyright, ownership of a limited edition, or exclusive ownership of the artwork.

Article 6 — License to Use the Artwork

1. The Website grants the purchaser a non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable license to use the purchased digital artwork solely for personal, non-commercial viewing and enjoyment.
2. For personal and non-commercial viewing, the purchaser may produce a reasonable number of fine art prints from the purchased file and display them in the purchaser’s home, personal workspace, or another private space not intended for the general public.
3. For personal and non-commercial viewing, the purchaser may display the artwork on a computer, monitor, television, tablet, smartphone, digital photo frame, or other display device owned or controlled by the purchaser.
4. The purchaser may reproduce the file only to the extent reasonably necessary for storage, backup, transfer between the purchaser’s own devices, personal display, and printing permitted under this Article. These Terms also apply to every such copy.
5. When necessary to produce or frame a print permitted under this Article, the purchaser may provide the minimum necessary digital artwork data to a printing company, photo printing service, framing company, or other service provider engaged to perform the work (collectively, a “Printing Service Provider”).
6. The provision of data under the preceding paragraph is permitted solely for printing or framing work performed on behalf of the purchaser. It does not grant the Printing Service Provider any independent right to use, reproduce, publish, sell, redistribute, or provide the data to another party.
7. The purchaser must instruct the Printing Service Provider not to use the data for any purpose other than the requested printing or framing work and to delete the data and any unnecessary working copies after the work has been completed.
8. The purchaser is responsible for selecting an appropriate Printing Service Provider and for taking reasonable security measures concerning the transmission method, sharing-link permissions, and management of the data.
9. For personal and non-commercial purposes, the purchaser may photograph a printed artwork displayed in a room or an artwork shown on the purchaser’s own display device and publish that photograph on social media or a similar service, provided that all of the following conditions are satisfied:
   • The original digital artwork data itself is not uploaded.
   • The artwork is not photographed straight-on, at high resolution, and at a scale that would allow a third party to extract or reuse it as artwork data.
   • The photograph is not used for commercial purposes, advertising, sales promotion, or the provision of materials to a third party.
   • No false statement is made concerning the artist, origin, or ownership of rights in the artwork.
   • The photograph is not used in a manner that damages the reputation or credibility of the Website or the artist.
10. The license granted under this Article does not transfer copyright or any other intellectual property right to the purchaser.
11. If a product page expressly states individual usage conditions that differ from these Terms, those individual conditions will take precedence.

Article 7 — Prohibited Uses

The purchaser must not engage in any of the following activities, except where expressly permitted under Article 6:

1. Selling, reselling, redistributing, renting, transferring, sharing, or providing the digital artwork data or any copy of it to a third party.
2. Providing the digital artwork data to a third party for printing, processing, storage, or any other purpose, except as permitted under Article 6, paragraphs 5 through 8.
3. Uploading the digital artwork data to a website, social media platform, online storage service, file-sharing service, or any other location accessible by the public or a third party.
4. Publishing the entire artwork or a substantial part of it in a form that allows a third party to extract, save, or reuse it, beyond the limited display photographs permitted under Article 6, paragraph 9.
5. Using the digital artwork data or a printed copy in merchandise, advertising, publications, videos, websites, interior-design services, digital signage, or for any other commercial purpose.
6. Displaying the artwork, without prior permission from the Website, in a shop, hotel, restaurant, commercial facility, public facility, exhibition venue, shared area of a business premises, or another location used by an unspecified or substantial number of people.
7. Producing a print for sale or for provision to a third party.
8. Registering or providing the digital artwork data as part of an asset collection, template, stock image library, or other reusable material.
9. Issuing, registering, or selling the digital artwork data or any derivative of it as an NFT or other token.
10. Using the digital artwork data for the training, fine-tuning, evaluation, dataset creation, or input of an AI model, machine-learning model, generative AI system, or other automated processing system.
11. Removing, altering, or falsifying the artist’s name, Content Credentials, rights information, provenance information, or authentication information for the purpose of infringement, misrepresentation of origin, or any other improper purpose.
12. Making an alteration that substantially damages the integrity of the artwork, misrepresents its artist or origin, or infringes the rights of another party.
13. Using the artwork in a manner that damages the reputation of the artist or the Website, violates public order or accepted standards of conduct, or violates any law or regulation.
14. Permitting a third party to use the artwork in any manner not authorized by these Terms.

Article 8 — Content Credentials

1. A file identified on its product page as containing Content Credentials includes Content Credentials that may contain information about the artist, creation and provenance, rights, and expressed preferences concerning permitted use.
2. All or part of the Content Credentials may be lost as a result of resaving, conversion, editing, compression, printing, screenshots, uploading, or the technical specifications of the service used.
3. The loss of Content Credentials does not terminate or alter the copyright in the artwork or the usage conditions established by these Terms.
4. The purchaser must not intentionally remove, alter, or falsify Content Credentials or other rights information for the purpose of infringement, misrepresentation of the artist or origin, or any other improper purpose.

Article 9 — Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

1. Copyright and all other intellectual property rights relating to the digital artwork data, artwork, product images, descriptions, and other related content belong to the artist, Masaki Wakabayashi, or another lawful rights holder.
2. The purchase price is consideration for the limited license granted under Article 6. Copyright and other intellectual property rights are not transferred to the purchaser.
3. The purchaser must not falsely claim authorship or represent that the purchaser or a third party created the artwork.

Article 10 — Returns, Exchanges, and Cancellations

1. Because of the nature of digital products, returns, exchanges, and cancellations requested for the purchaser’s convenience will not be accepted after an order has been confirmed.
2. Returns or refunds will not be provided because of insufficient checks before purchase, unsupported software or printing environments, differences between monitor and printed colors, results produced by a printing company, differences caused by paper or other materials, or another environment or circumstance attributable to the purchaser.
3. If the supplied file is corrupted, the wrong file has been provided, the file clearly differs from the specifications shown on the product page, or the file was not properly provided due to circumstances attributable to the Website, please contact the Website and provide the order number and details of the issue.
4. After reviewing the circumstances described in the preceding paragraph, the Website will respond by providing a functioning file again, restoring download permission, or taking another appropriate measure.
5. Nothing in this Article is intended to improperly restrict any right granted to the purchaser by applicable law.

Article 11 — Technical Problems

1. If a file cannot be downloaded properly because of a communication failure, browser issue, or another technical reason, please contact the Website and provide the order number, device, browser, and details of the problem.
2. Based on the order information and available records, the Website may restore download permission or take another appropriate measure where necessary.
3. Internet access fees, data charges, printing and framing costs, storage media, software, output devices, and all other expenses associated with use of the artwork are the responsibility of the purchaser.

Article 12 — Printing and Display Disclaimers

1. The Website does not guarantee that the digital artwork data will be compatible with any particular printer, software, monitor, television, display device, printing company, paper, material, or intended use.
2. The colors, brightness, density, texture, details, margins, and overall appearance of a print may vary depending on the printer, paper, material, ink, color profile, printing settings, finishing method, and printing company.
3. The colors, brightness, aspect ratio, margins, and image quality shown on a television, monitor, tablet, or other display device may vary depending on the device’s performance, display settings, application, connection method, and other aspects of the viewing environment.
4. Information provided by the Website about printing sizes, dpi, papers, materials, display settings, and related matters is intended as general guidance. It does not guarantee a particular printing or display result.
5. Before ordering a large-format print, printing on an expensive material, or undertaking another costly output process, the purchaser should ask the printing company to inspect the data, confirm the recommended size, and provide a color proof or test print where appropriate.
6. The Website will make reasonable efforts to provide accurate product information and properly functioning files. However, except where exclusion of liability is not permitted by law, the Website will not be liable for loss or damage arising from the purchaser’s operating environment, work performed by a Printing Service Provider, equipment settings, or other circumstances attributable to the purchaser.
7. Any provision excluding or limiting the liability of the Website will apply only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Article 13 — Commercial Use and Display in Public or Business Spaces

1. Display in a shop, hotel, restaurant, commercial facility, public facility, waiting room, shared area of a business premises, digital signage system, or another location used by an unspecified or substantial number of people is not included in the personal and non-commercial license granted under Article 6.
2. Use in advertising, websites, social media, videos, publications, product packaging, merchandise, materials created for clients, interior-design services, or at multiple shops or locations is also not included in the license granted under these Terms.
3. Anyone wishing to use the artwork in a manner described in the preceding two paragraphs must contact the Website in advance and provide information about the proposed use, location, duration, scale, and any other relevant circumstances.
4. Depending on the proposed use, the Website may offer a separate license subject to additional fees or other conditions.

Article 14 — Amendments to These Terms

1. The Website may amend these Terms when necessary because of changes in law, changes to its services, or other circumstances.
2. Amended Terms will take effect when posted on the Website or on a separately stated effective date.
3. Unless otherwise required by law or expressly provided in these Terms, the usage conditions applicable to a previously purchased product will be determined by reference to the Terms displayed at the time of purchase.

Article 15 — Governing Law

1. These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan.
2. If any issue arises in connection with these Terms, the Website and the purchaser will first attempt to resolve it through good-faith consultation. If the issue cannot be resolved, it will be handled in accordance with applicable law.

Contact

MUGOKUKAN
Website: https://mukyokukan.com/
Email: painter@mukyokukan.com

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