Description
琉球王国では男女ともに簪を頭に挿す制度があり、それで身分を表わした。素材は金・銀・真鍮・べっ甲･木で作られ、士族以上は金銀の素材で、平民百姓は真鍮・べっ甲・木であった。男性は本差と副差の２本、女性は長いスプーン状のものを１本挿した。
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...
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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