Black-Lacquered Higo Koshirae (Sword Mountings) Covered with Scraped Shark Skin (Fukuoka-Ichimonji Koshirae) 黒漆研出鮫肥後拵（福岡一文字拵）くろうるしとぎだしざめひごこしらえ（ふくおかいちもんじこしらえ）

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細川家旧蔵の福岡一文字《太刀銘一》の拵として明治から昭和時代に誂（あつら）えられたもの。細川家の御国拵（おくにごしらえ）である肥後拵は、肥後藩主であり茶人としても知られた細川忠興の好みによる創作拵として知られる。鞘は鮫鞘（さめざや）で、エイまたは蝶鮫の皮を貼って上から黒漆を塗って研ぎ出すことで現れる白い水玉のような模様が一面に出ていることが特徴。

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　The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. 　JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).

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