Description
二十八部衆の神母天は普通菩薩の相だが、この面は髪を額中央で振り分け切れ長の目の老女である。京都・禅林寺本千手観音二十八部衆画像では同じ老女相の像に「神母女」の尊名を付すので、神母女とする銘記の名称が正しい。なお、彫像では同じ顔の像を摩和羅女と呼ぶことも多い。
(2004/04/06_s21)
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