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Title
  • Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): matsukawabishi 松皮菱 („pine-bark-diamonds“), fan sheets and cherry blossoms(?) with lattice pattern, balloon flowers and butterflies
Production
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
  • height: 24.8 cm
  • width: 40 cm
  • pattern - height: 12.6 cm
  • pattern - width: 34.2 cm
Inventory number
  • OR 3925-2392
Acquisition
  • assumption, 1907
Department
  • Asia Collection
Description
    "Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Matsukawabishi 松皮菱 pattern is a combination of 3 diamonds; matsukawa 松皮 = pine-bark, bishi/hishi 菱 = diamond. The butterflies (chō 蝶), which undergo unusual shape change during their lives, are considered a symbol of immortality. Since it is said that butterflies spend their entire lives with the same partner, they also represent marital harmony, so they are often used as motifs on wedding kimonos.
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  • stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): matsukawabishi 松皮菱 („pine-bark-diamonds“), fan sheets and cherry blossoms(?) with lattice pattern, balloon flowers and butterflies, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-2392
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  • 22.01.2025


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