Description
豊臣秀吉所用と伝えられる鞍と鐙のセット。前輪(まえわ)と後輪(しずわ)には金の高(たか)蒔絵と金貝(かながい)を用いて一茎の芦穂を立体的に描き、所々に大きな銀鋲(ぎんびょう)を打って、葉に宿る露を表わす。桃山という時代にふさわしい、大胆で豪奢な装飾となっている。鞍と鐙を同じ文様・技法で統一した、蒔絵鞍鐙の代表作である。
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