Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): nejigiku ねじ菊 ("twisted" chrysanthemums), matsukawabishi 松皮菱 („pine-bark-diamonds“) and ishigaki 石垣 (stone wall)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 29.6 cm
- width: 41.3 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 19.6 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 34.8 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1183
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Stencil dealers' seal (shōin 商印) at the back of the stencil.
Kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected tortoise shells/hexagons): a geometric pattern of hexagons, that was already found in Sassanid art and is said to have come to Japan via China and Korea during the Nara period (710-794). Because of the resemblance to the turtle shell shield, it is called kikko 亀甲. It counts as an auspicious pattern (kisshō monyō 吉祥文様) and since the Heian period (794-1185, also 794-1192) also as a 'courtly pattern' (yūsoku monyō 有職文様).
Matsukawabishi 松皮菱 = combination of 3 diamonds; matsukawa 松皮 = pine-bark, bishi/hishi 菱 = diamond.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): nejigiku ねじ菊 ("twisted" chrysanthemums), matsukawabishi 松皮菱 („pine-bark-diamonds“) and ishigaki 石垣 (stone wall), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1183
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Last update
- 25.04.2026
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