Description
「菊慈童」では永遠の命を得た童子、「石橋（しゃっきょう）」では文殊菩薩に関わりのある童子など神性を帯びた小童の役に用いる。観世（かんぜ）流では慈童というややくせのある顔の面があり、金剛家伝来の童子面はあどけない顔である。この面はその中間的な表情である。
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...
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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