Description
蚊(か)の精(せい)、蛸(たこ)の精、罪人、案山子(かかし)など幅広い役柄に用いる。眉やひげに毛を植えて老貌を示す。口をすぼめるのは仮面の古い形で、伎楽面(ぎがくめん)や舞楽面(ぶがくめん)に既に見られ、田楽(でんがく)、猿楽(さるがく)の面にもあったのだろう。この面は、裏に「増阿弥作 満猶(花押)」という金泥(きんでい)の銘がある。(旧題箋)
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
March 30, 2026