Description
印籠は江戸時代に装身具として発達を遂げ、小さく制限が多い器物で意匠に工夫を凝らし、緻密な蒔絵を施すことが考え抜かれた。これは三猿の起源になった「七猿歌」という平安時代の僧侶・良源【りょうげん】が日吉大社で詠んだ歌が対応する猿とともに緻密にあらわされている。
るび りょうげん
（酒井元樹木氏執筆）
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