Title
- Part of a set. Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), stripe pattern (shima monyō 縞文様): horizontal stripes, ichi no ji tsunagi 一の字繋ぎ (brick pattern), kiri 桐 (paulownia)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Inventory number
- OR 3925-7320
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染).
Ichi no ji tsunagi 一の字繋ぎ: lit. "connection of Chinese character 一".
The paulownia motif (kiri 桐) symbolizes purity, happiness, and prosperity. Because a Chinese legend supposedly says that the phoenix only ensconces on a paulownia, it also symbolizes high status and was used as the 'private' crest of the imperial family. After the Meiji Restoration, the paulownia became the emblem of the Japanese government as the "5-7 Paulownia" (go-shichi (no) kiri 五七桐).
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of a set. Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), stripe pattern (shima monyō 縞文様): horizontal stripes, ichi no ji tsunagi 一の字繋ぎ (brick pattern), kiri 桐 (paulownia), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-7320
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Last update
- 18.02.2026
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