Title
- Pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様): anchors with seigaiha 青海波 (blue ocean waves) motifs and willow branches shaped like ginkgo leaves with ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 23.1 cm
- width: 41.6 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 15.6 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 34.8 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-5480
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染).
Seigaiha 青海波 („blue ocean waves): a pattern that can be found in many regions of the world. In Japan it can be found on Haniwa robes from the Kofun period (approx. 300-538). But only since the Kamakura period (1185-1333) has the pattern been associated with water (e.g. Koseto jugs). The name seigaiha 青海波is said to go back to a title of a Gagaku dance.
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.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様): anchors with seigaiha 青海波 (blue ocean waves) motifs and willow branches shaped like ginkgo leaves with ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-5480
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Last update
- 10.08.2026
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