Description
右膝を立て、くつろいだ姿勢で座る石製の白衣観音像。赤子を抱き、中国で子宝を願う送子観音として制作されたと考えられます。キリシタンから押収された、いわゆる「マリア観音」には白磁製のイメージが強いですが、石や土など様々な材質の観音像が信仰されたようです。（C-668、649、644共通）
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...
Contents holder/Provider
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
July 20, 2026