Description
平安時代末期の武将・平維茂＜たいらのこれもち＞は、狩のために入った戸隠山＜とがくしやま＞で、女性たちに酒宴に誘われます。酒に酔いうたた寝をすると、女性が本性を現し鬼に変じますが、維茂がこれを退治するという伝説。謡曲「紅葉狩」で知られます。本図は、川面に本性を現した鬼女の姿です。
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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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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
March 16, 2026