Description
簪は女性の髪を飾る装飾具です。江戸時代に結髪【けっぱつ】が技巧化すると簪も精巧になり、江戸時代中期以降には様々な素材を用いた複雑な型式の簪が作られるようになりました。本品は、耳があり、甲羅から毛の生えた、おめでたい蓑亀【みのがめ】を表したもので、珊瑚【さんご】製の赤い甲羅が鮮やかです。
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