Description
龍頭は幡【ばん】を立てるための仏具で、袋状になった頸【くび】に竿【さお】を差し込み、口の中に立つ束【つか】に幡の紐を結び付け、幡を垂らしました。本品は現存する龍頭の中でも大きな部類で、嘉吉3年（1443）の銘文【めいぶん】が刻まれており、製作年代がわかる点でも高い価値を有しています。
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
May 25, 2026