Description
小太刀は寸法の短い太刀で、太刀と同様に腰に佩いたものであろうが、用途は明白ではない。輿車の中に備えたという「車刀」に該当する可能性も考えられる。寸法は後世の脇指に近い。国宗は備前鍛冶で、一説に鎌倉へ行き作刀したと伝えられる。
ルビ：は、よしゃ
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...
Contents holder/Provider
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