Description
右手を掲げて立つ裸形の人物像で、いかなる神仏か特定できませんが、本来右手の持物に蝋燭を立てるのに使われたのでしょう。同様の特徴を示す聖像（長崎市外海歴史民俗資料館所蔵）は「イナッショ様」と伝承され、イエズス会を創設した聖人に見立てた可能性があります。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
Contents holder/Provider
Aggregator
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026