Medallion: Behold the Man (Ecce Homo)

銅牌キリスト像（エッケ・ホモ）

At a glance — Sculpture · Azuchi-Momoyama 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: Azuchi-Momoyama period
Date: 1501–1700
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-58534

Find more

Same period: Azuchi-Momoyama sculpture →
At this museum: All 1632 works here →

Originally, this small medallion would have been used as an object of worship. Following the ban on Christianity in Edo-period Japan (1603–1868), it was confiscated from a believer. The authorities then forced other suspected believers to step on this image; if they refused, they would have been persecuted as Christians.

— 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-58534 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-58534
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: “Medallion: Behold the Man (Ecce Homo)（銅牌キリスト像（エッケ・ホモ））.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-58534. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/medallion-behold-the-man-ecce-homo/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)

Genre: Sculpture
Category: Historical materials:Christian-related materials
Material: Bronze
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
員数: 1個
分類: 彫刻
品質形状: 青銅製
種別: 歴史資料:キリシタン関係遺品
法量: 長9.5×幅6.7

Also at the Tokyo National Museum More →

Important Cultural Property