Description
猿飛出は、阿(あ)形(ぎょう)の鬼面である飛(とび)出(で)類の一種で、造作は小飛出に似ている。『平家物語』に取材した夢幻能「鵺(ぬえ)」の後シテにもっぱら使用される面で、その首が猿、尾は蛇、手足は虎のようであるという異形の怪物をあらわす。猿飛出には牙がないので、牙飛出とすべきかもしれない。
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...
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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