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Bugaku Costume (Hō) with Animal Roundels

袍 浅葱平絹地蛮絵
Bugaku Costume (Hō) with Animal Roundels (袍 浅葱平絹地蛮絵)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Textile · Muromachi period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Textiles
Date
1454
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-86586

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This robe was worn for a dynamic “warrior's dance.” It is decorated with woodblock-printed roundels with Chinese lions. Later, in the Edo period (1603–1868), similar decorations with colorfully embroidered roundels became popular.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Bugaku Costume (Hō) with Animal Roundels（袍 浅葱平絹地蛮絵）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-86586. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/bugaku-costume-h-with-animal-roundels/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Textiles
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Material: Plain-weave silk with woodblock printing
  • 員数: 1領
  • 分類: 染織
  • 品質形状: 平絹、木版摺絵

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