Description
室町時代の田楽師（でんがくし）、増阿弥（ぞうあみ）久次が創作したと伝えられることから「増女」と呼ばれる。天女や精霊など、神々（こうごう）しい女性を演じる際に用いられる。すっきりとした切れ長の眼、透明感のある肌色、鼻筋の通った顔立ちは、玲瓏（れいろう）とした印象を与える。(20090914_h09)(20130820_h09)
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