Description
笑みを浮かべる老人の面。五穀(ごこく)豊穣(ほうじょう)、所(しょ)願(がん)成(じょう)就(じゅ)など幸いを寿(ことほ)ぐ翁舞に用いる。翁舞の起源は古く平安時代末頃に遡り、能が発展する源流と位置づけられる。口の半ばで上下を切り離して紐でつなぐ手法は舞楽面の影響による。ウサギの毛皮を貼り付けていた眉は剥がれ落ち、表面の色は塗りなおされている。
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
March 30, 2026