Description
採桑老は一人で舞う唐楽（とうがく）です。舞楽で唯一の老人の舞で、高齢の者以外は演じられない秘曲といわれます。両眼を別材で造る動眼（どうがん）、下顎を別材で造る切顎（きりあご）の技法が各時代の面に共通します。この面の白眼に水晶板を嵌（は）め込む特異な技法は、仏像の玉眼（ぎょくがん）を応用したものでしょう。
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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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