Important Cultural Property
Bugaku Mask, Emimen type for Ninomai dance
舞楽面 二ノ舞（咲面）
Sculpture · Kamakura, 1201–1400TNM
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Important Cultural Property
Bugaku Mask: Kitoku
舞楽面 貴徳
At a glance — Sculpture · Kamakura period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Sculpture
- Period
- Kamakura period
- Date
- 1201–1400
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-58959
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The energetic, one-person [kitoku] dance, also known as the Dance of Kings, was introduced from the Korean peninsula. The two [kitoku] masks passed down at the Niutsuhime Shrine have different shapes, one more round than the other.
— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-58959 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-58959
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
- Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “Bugaku Mask: Kitoku（舞楽面 貴徳）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-58959. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/bugaku-mask-kitoku-tokyo-national-museum/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Category: Sculpture:Masks:Bugaku masks
- Genre: Sculpture
- Material: Wood with pigment
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1面
- 分類: 彫刻
- 品質形状: 木造、彩色
- 種別: 彫刻:仮面:舞楽面
- 法量: 22.1×15.1
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