Description
面裏の墨書銘「奉施入天野社／功徳天／廿八部衆之内」の功徳天（大弁功徳天(だいべんくどくてん））は吉祥天（きちじょうてん）の異名。この面は女神である吉祥天にふさわしい容貌です。頭頂にあらわされていた髻を切り落とした痕跡があり、現状の彩色は後補と思われます。
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
July 20, 2026