Title
- Part of a set. Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様)/animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様)/pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様): sweet-coltsfoot in the shape of butterfly and kan 鐶 (metal bangles) of kanzemizu 観世水
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 24.7 cm
- width: 41 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 14.4 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.3 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-307
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染).
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.
Kanzemizu-mon 観世水文, originally a family crest of the Nō dynasty Kanze 観世 depicts a water swirl.
The appearance of Kabuki actor Gen’nosuke 源之助, the later Sawamura Sōjūrō IV. 四代目沢村宗十郎 (1784-1813), as Komamono Yashichi in a robe with a kanzemizu pattern led to the motif becoming fashionable.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of a set. Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様)/animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様)/pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様): sweet-coltsfoot in the shape of butterfly and kan 鐶 (metal bangles) of kanzemizu 観世水, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-307
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Last update
- 25.04.2026
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