Description
光忠は鎌倉時代中期の刀工で、備前【びぜん】・長船【おさふね】鍛冶の事実上の祖といわれる。この太刀は板目【いため】の地鉄【じがね】に丁子刃【ちょうじば】を主体とした刃文【はもん】を焼いて華麗である。長船派よりも早く鎌倉時代前期から中期に繁栄した一文字派【いちもんじは】との関連をうかがわせる作風を示している。(150512_h132)(171205_h14)
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