Important Cultural Property
Fumi-e (Image to Trample On): Madonna and Child (Madonna of the Rosary)
板踏絵 聖母子像（ロザリオの聖母）
Sculpture · Edo, 17th centuryTNM
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Important Cultural Property
Image to Trample On (Fumi-e): Christ (Pietà)
踏絵 キリスト像（ピエタ）
At a glance — Sculpture · Edo period, 17th century · 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
- Edo period, 17th century
- Date
- 1601–1700
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-58556
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Depicted here is the sorrowful moment when Mary holds Jesus after he is taken down from the cross. To identify Christians for persecution, the Edo-period government (1603–1868) forced people to step on Christian images ([fumi-e]) like this. Unlike bronze-made images from Europe, brass-made copies usually omitted subtle details as seen here.
— 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-58556 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-58556
- 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: “Image to Trample On (Fumi-e): Christ (Pietà)（踏絵 キリスト像（ピエタ））.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-58556. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/image-to-trample-on-fumi-e-christ-piet-tokyo-national-museum/ — 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: Brass
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1枚
- 分類: 彫刻
- 品質形状: 真鍮製
- 種別: 歴史資料:キリシタン関係遺品
- 法量: 長18.8×幅13.6×高2.3
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