Description
蹴鞠に用いられる鞠は、円形にくりぬいた鹿革2枚を縫い合わせ、隙間から大麦を詰めて形を整えたのち、表面に鉛白を塗ってから大麦を抜いて綴（と）じ合わせる。飾り用の鞠であるため、一方の蹴鞠には金箔が貼られ、菊花が彩色された台の上に紫組紐で結ばれる。
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