Description
琉球王国では男女ともに簪+かんざし+を頭に挿+さ+す制度があり、それで身分を表わしました。素材は金・銀・真鍮+しんちゅう+・鼈甲+べっこう+･木が用いられました。士族以上は金銀の素材で、平民や百姓は真鍮・鼈甲・木というように、身分によって使いわけされていました。
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