Description
小像ながら、険しい表情を浮かべる聖徳太子の姿がよく表わされている。「老猿」などの大作で知られる高村光雲は、日本近代を代表する彫刻家のひとり。徹底した観察による写実表現が特徴。宮内省から名誉ある帝室技芸員に任命された記念に、作者本人から寄贈された。
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
July 20, 2026