Description
金銀の豪華な蒔絵で、四季の樹木と水辺につどう鶴や亀を描いた文台。春の枝垂桜、夏の花橘、竹、秋の楓、冬の椿のそれぞれに松を添え、冬の松には雪をのせる。四季の変化を描きながらも、松、竹、椿、橘など、常緑であるがゆえに永久（とこしえ）をあらわす吉祥の樹木を配し、鶴や亀とともに万歳を祝うめでたい画面を作り出している。
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