Description
古代から多からず例のある方形の鏡で、背面の中央に亀形の鈕【ちゅう】を置き、左右に羽ばたく鶴を配しています。四隅には亀甲形【きっこうがた】を三つ繋【つな】いだ文様【もんよう】を表しています。鶴亀の意匠は、中国で伝説上の霊山とされた蓬莱山【ほうらいさん】を示すモチーフで、我が国では中世以降に鏡の意匠として流行しました。
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