Description
縄のれんに手をかけ、そっと山吹の枝を差しだす娘は、太田道灌(おおたどうかん)が貧しい家で雨具を借りようとしたところ、｢七重八重 花は咲けども山吹の みの(実の＝蓑)一つだになきぞ悲しき｣(『後拾遺和歌集』)になぞらえ、雨具を断ったという逸話の娘に見立てられたものです。
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...
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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 30, 2026