Mirror with Handle, Plum arabesque, crane, and tortoise design 梅唐草文鶴亀柄鏡うめからくさもんつるかめえかがみ
Description
鏡に柄をつけた柄鏡は、日本では室町時代末期の16世紀ごろから登場するようになり、以後江戸時代まで制作された。当初は鏡の径に比べて柄が長くつくられていた。この柄鏡は、そうした初期の形式をよく示している。
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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