Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern) and cherry blossoms with chrysanthemum motif and kanzemizu 観世水
Collection
Production
- execution: anonymous, Mie, 19th century
- retailer: Shimajin 嶋甚
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 25.1 cm
- width: 41.2 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 14.5 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.5 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-856
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Inscriptions
- stamp: Dealer (型売商人 katauri shōnin): [嶋屋甚兵衛 Shimaya Jinbee]Shop Name (暖簾名 noren na): 嶋甚 ShimajinTrader’s Logo (yagō 屋号): 曲尺に甚 kanejaku with "JIN"Location (所在地 shozaichi): 勢州白子新町 Seishū, Shiroko Shinmachi 萬小紋形仕入 man komongata shiire (Komon procurement)Black stamp, rectangular with rounded corners (角丸長方形 、黒印 kadomaru chōhōkei, kokuin)Round quality mark, red, with "上" (丸に上、朱印 maru ni ue, shuin)Note: 上 = JŌ/ue, excellent/best/finest
Description
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"White ground" (jishiro 地白).
The checkerboard pattern ichimatsu monyō 市松文様, also ichimatsu kōshi 市松格子, is a ishidatami moyō 石畳模様 (= stone pavement pattern). The pattern is said to have come into fashion as "ichimatsu monyō" because the Kabuki actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I. 初代佐野川市松 (1722-1762) had worn a hakama with a stone pavement pattern during a performance, which caused a sensation.
The chrysanthemum (kiku 菊) symbolizes longevity, which dates back to a Chinese legend. The Yellow River once originated in a chrysanthemum meadow, and a villager who drank from the spring achieved a long life. In Japan, the motif first appears in the Kokin-wakashū 古今和歌集 (early 10th century), while the Man’yōshū 万葉集 from the 8th century lists 157 plant species but does not contain a single poem about chrysanthemums. It is therefore assumed that the flower was first introduced to Japan from China at the end of the 8th or beginning of the 9th century.
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), Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern) and cherry blossoms with chrysanthemum motif and kanzemizu 観世水, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-856
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Last update
- 05.08.2026
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