Description
小尉は、尉面のなかでもっとも品位ある面。「高砂(たかさご)」「弓(ゆみ)八幡(やわた)」など脇(わき)能(のう)の前シテにもちいる。別名を小(こ)牛(うし)尉(じょう)といい、その名は南北朝期ないし室町前期の伝説的な能面作家・小牛の創作であることによるというが明確でない。
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