Description
越前の面打、石王兵衛が創作したと伝えられる、老年の男性を表わした面である。金春・金剛・喜多流といった下(しも)懸(がかり)の流派が「西行桜」の桜の精や「遊行柳」の柳の精など、年老いた老人の精霊を演じる際に用いる。金春家に２面あったうちの新しい方である。
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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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