# 著作権法 / Copyright Act — 第四十七条の六 (Article 47-6)

- Law: 著作権法 (Copyright Act), 昭和四十五年法律第四十八号
- English title "Copyright Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第四十七条の六 (Article 47-6)（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — address `art-47-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6
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### 第四十七条の六（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — (Exploitation by Means of Translation and Adaptation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-47-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6</sup>

    **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる規定により著作物を利用することができる場合には、当該著作物について、当該規定の例により当該各号に定める方法による利用を行うことができる。
    <sup>art-47-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1</sup>
    If it is permissible to exploit a work pursuant to the provisions set forth in one of the following items, it is also permissible to exploit that work in accordance with those provisions by the means set forth in that item:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  第三十条第一項、第三十三条第一項（同条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）、第三十四条第一項、第三十五条第一項又は前条第二項　翻訳、編曲、変形又は翻案
      <sup>art-47-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-1</sup>
      Article 30, paragraph (1); Article 33, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of Article 33); Article 34, paragraph (1); Article 35, paragraph (1); or Article 47-5, paragraph (2):translation, musical arrangement, reformulation, or adaptation;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Article 30, paragraph (1); Article 33, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of Article 33); Article 34, paragraph (1); and Article 35:translation, musical arrangement, reformulation, or adaptation;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4207/tb</sup>

      **二**  第三十一条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）、第二項、第四項、第七項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第九項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）、第三十二条、第三十六条第一項、第三十七条第一項若しくは第二項、第三十九条第一項、第四十条第二項又は第四十一条から第四十二条の二まで　翻訳
      <sup>art-47-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-2</sup>
      Article 31, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerned with item (i)), paragraph (2), paragraph (4), paragraph (7) (limited to the part concerned with item (i)) or paragraph (9) (limited to the part concerned with item (i)); Article 32; Article 36, paragraph (1); Article 37, paragraph (1) or (2); Article 39, paragraph (1); Article 40, paragraph (2); or Articles 41 through 42-2:translation;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **三**  第三十三条の二第一項、第三十三条の三第一項又は第四十七条　変形又は翻案
      <sup>art-47-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-3</sup>
      Article 33-2, paragraph (1), Article 33-3, paragraph (1), or Article 47:reformulation or adaptation;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  第三十七条第三項　翻訳、変形又は翻案
      <sup>art-47-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-4</sup>
      Article 37, paragraph (3):translation, reformulation, or adaptation;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **五**  第三十七条の二　翻訳又は翻案
      <sup>art-47-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-5</sup>
      Article 37-2:translation or adaptation;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **六**  第四十七条の三第一項　翻案
      <sup>art-47-6/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1/item-6</sup>
      Article 47-3, paragraph (1):adaptation.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定により創作された二次的著作物は、当該二次的著作物の原著作物を同項各号に掲げる規定（次の各号に掲げる二次的著作物にあつては、当該各号に定める規定を含む。以下この項及び第四十八条第三項第二号において同じ。）により利用することができる場合には、原著作物の著作者その他の当該二次的著作物の利用に関して第二十八条に規定する権利を有する者との関係においては、当該二次的著作物を前項各号に掲げる規定に規定する著作物に該当するものとみなして、当該各号に掲げる規定による利用を行うことができる。
    <sup>art-47-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-2</sup>
    If, pursuant to one of the items set forth in the preceding paragraph (or the provisions prescribed in one of the following items, as regards a derivative work as set forth in that item; the same applies in this paragraph and Article 48, paragraph (3), item (ii)), it is permissible to exploit the original work underlying a derivative work that has been created pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the derivative work is deemed to constitute a work provided for in the provisions set forth in the relevant of the items of the preceding paragraph in terms of the relationship with the author of the original work or other person that has the rights provided in Article 28 with respect to the exploitation of the derivative work, and it is permissible for a person to exploit that derivative work based on the provisions set forth in the relevant item:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  第四十七条第一項の規定により同条第二項の規定による展示著作物の上映又は自動公衆送信を行うために当該展示著作物を複製することができる場合に、前項の規定により創作された二次的著作物　同条第二項
      <sup>art-47-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-2/item-1</sup>
      a derivative work created pursuant to the preceding paragraph in a case in which it is permissible, pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (1), to reproduce an exhibited work in order to undertake an on-screen presentation or automatic public transmission of that exhibited work under Article 47, paragraph (2):Article 47, paragraph (2);
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  前条第二項の規定により公衆提供等著作物について複製、公衆送信又はその複製物による頒布を行うことができる場合に、前項の規定により創作された二次的著作物　同条第一項
      <sup>art-47-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-2/item-2</sup>
      a derivative work created pursuant to the preceding paragraph in a case in which, pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, it is permissible to undertake the reproduction or automatic public transmission of an available or presented work or the distribution of copies thereof:Article 47-5, paragraph (1).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-47-6/par-1/item-1: 第三十条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-30/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-1: 第三十三条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-1: 同条第四項 → 著作権法 第三十三条第四項 (Article 33, paragraph (4)), art-33/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33/par-4
- art-47-6/par-1/item-1: 第三十四条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-34/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-1: 第三十五条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-35/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-1: 前条第二項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の五第二項 (Article 47-5, paragraph (2)), art-47-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-5/par-2
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第三十一条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第一号 → 著作権法 第三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-31/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-1/item-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 著作権法 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-2
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第四項 → 著作権法 第三十一条第四項 (Article 31, paragraph (4)), art-31/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-4
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第七項 → 著作権法 第三十一条第七項 (Article 31, paragraph (7)), art-31/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-7
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第一号 → 著作権法 第三十一条第七項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (7), item (i)), art-31/par-7/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-7/item-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第九項 → 著作権法 第三十一条第九項 (Article 31, paragraph (9)), art-31/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-9
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第一号 → 著作権法 第三十一条第九項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (9), item (i)), art-31/par-9/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-31/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-31/par-9/item-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第三十二条 → 著作権法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-32
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第三十六条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-36/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第三十七条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 著作権法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37/par-2
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第三十九条第一項 → 著作権法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-39/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第四十条第二項 → 著作権法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-40/par-2
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第四十一条から第四十二条の二まで → 著作権法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第四十一条から第四十二条の二まで → 著作権法 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2), art-41-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-41-2
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第四十一条から第四十二条の二まで → 著作権法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42
- art-47-6/par-1/item-2: 第四十一条から第四十二条の二まで → 著作権法 第四十二条の二 (Article 42-2), art-42-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-42-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-42-2
- art-47-6/par-1/item-3: 第三十三条の二第一項 → 著作権法 第三十三条の二第一項 (Article 33-2, paragraph (1)), art-33-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-33-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33-2/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-3: 第三十三条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第三十三条の三第一項 (Article 33-3, paragraph (1)), art-33-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-33-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-33-3/par-1
- art-47-6/par-1/item-3: 第四十七条 → 著作権法 第四十七条 (Article 47), art-47 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47
- art-47-6/par-1/item-4: 第三十七条第三項 → 著作権法 第三十七条第三項 (Article 37, paragraph (3)), art-37/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37/par-3
- art-47-6/par-1/item-5: 第三十七条の二 → 著作権法 第三十七条の二 (Article 37-2), art-37-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-37-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-37-2
- art-47-6/par-1/item-6: 第四十七条の三第一項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の三第一項 (Article 47-3, paragraph (1)), art-47-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-3/par-1
- art-47-6/par-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項 (Article 47-6, paragraph (1)), art-47-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1
- art-47-6/par-2: この項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の六第二項 (Article 47-6, paragraph (2)), art-47-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-2
- art-47-6/par-2: 第四十八条第三項第二号 → 著作権法 第四十八条第三項第二号 (Article 48, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-48/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-48/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-3/item-2
- art-47-6/par-2: 第二十八条 → 著作権法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-28
- art-47-6/par-2/item-1: 第四十七条第一項 → 著作権法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47/par-1
- art-47-6/par-2/item-1: 同条第二項 → 著作権法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47/par-2
- art-47-6/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項 (Article 47-6, paragraph (1)), art-47-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1
- art-47-6/par-2/item-2: 前条第二項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の五第二項 (Article 47-5, paragraph (2)), art-47-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-5/par-2
- art-47-6/par-2/item-2: 前項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の六第一項 (Article 47-6, paragraph (1)), art-47-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-1
- art-47-6/par-2/item-2: 同条第一項 → 著作権法 第四十七条の五第一項 (Article 47-5, paragraph (1)), art-47-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-5/par-1

## Cited by

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- 著作権法 第四十七条第一項（美術の著作物等の展示に伴う複製等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47/par-1
- 著作権法 第四十七条の五第一項（電子計算機による情報処理及びその結果の提供に付随する軽微利用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-5/par-1
- 著作権法 第四十七条の五第二項（電子計算機による情報処理及びその結果の提供に付随する軽微利用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-5/par-2
- 著作権法 第四十七条の六第二項（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-2
- 著作権法 第四十七条の六第二項第一号（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-2/item-1
- 著作権法 第四十七条の六第二項第二号（翻訳、翻案等による利用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-47-6/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-47-6/par-2/item-2
- 著作権法 第四十八条第三項第二号（出所の明示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-48/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-48/par-3/item-2
- 著作権法 第四十九条第二項第一号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-2/item-1
- 著作権法 第四十九条第二項第四号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-2/item-4
- 著作権法 第四十九条第二項第七号（複製物の目的外使用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/art-49/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/art-49/par-2/item-7
- 著作権法 附則第五条第一項（第二号施行日の前日までの間の読替え） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/copyright-act/suppl-4301-30/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/345AC0000000048/suppl-4301-30/art-5/par-1

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