Title
- Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様): plum blossoms, ura ume 裏梅 (plum blossom undersides) and fluffed sparrows (fukura suzume ふくら雀)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 23.2 cm
- width: 41.9 cm
- pattern - height: 13.4 cm
- pattern - width: 36 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-2166
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"White ground" (jishiro 地白). Stencil dealers' seal (shōin 商印) at the bottom of the stencil.
The blossom of the plum (BAI/ume 梅) is a symbol of the beginning of spring, as it begins to bloom in the cold season. The plum blossom pattern is auspicious and represents longevity, endurance and prosperity of the descendants.
Fukura suzume (fluffed sparrow) is an auspicious motif, as the name can also be written with the characters fuku福 (happiness), ra 良 (good) and suzume 雀 (sparrow) or with the characters fuku福 (happiness), rai来 (coming) and suzume 雀 (sparrow). Its 'fluffed and puffed-up' shape gives the impression of a good, carefree life.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様): plum blossoms, ura ume 裏梅 (plum blossom undersides) and fluffed sparrows (fukura suzume ふくら雀), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-2166
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Last update
- 03.04.2025
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