Description
顔をゆがめて苦悩するかのような表情は恋煩（こいわずら）いのためだろうか（「枕物狂（まくらものぐるい）」。この面は裏に「大蔵弥太夫 虎輔」という朱書（しゅがき）の銘がある。大蔵家（おおくらけ）は狂言の流派の一つで、江戸幕府に召し抱えられた。その分家弥大夫家（やだゆうけ）をおこした虎輔（とらすけ）の所持品であったことがわかる。
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...
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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