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Title
- Part of four-sheet pattern (yonmaigata 四枚型). Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), scattered pattern (chirashi monyō 散らし文様): cherry blossoms and maple leaves
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 33.4 cm
- width: 40.2 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 22.2 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 34 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1230-1
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Associated Objects
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of four-sheet pattern (yonmaigata 四枚型). Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), scattered pattern (chirashi monyō 散らし文様): cherry blossoms and maple leaves
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of four-sheet pattern (yonmaigata 四枚型). Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), scattered pattern (chirashi monyō 散らし文様): cherry blossoms and maple leaves
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of four-sheet pattern (yonmaigata 四枚型). Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), scattered pattern (chirashi monyō 散らし文様): cherry blossoms and maple leaves
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染), "main stencil" (omogata 主型). An ōfū 桜楓 pattern.
The motif of cherry blossoms with maple leaves is also known as the ōfū pattern (ōfū monyō 桜楓文様). There is a famous ōfū depiction on a folding screen in Chishaku-in 智積院 in Kyōto.
The maple leaf (kaede 楓, also: momiji 紅葉) is considered a symbol of a long and successful life because it changes color depending on the season. Especially in autumn, the foliage shines in the most beautiful colors. Maple leaves are already sung about in the oldest poetry (Man'yōshū 万葉集, Kokin Wakashū 古今和歌集), and maple leaf motifs on robes are described in the Heian period (Makura-no Sōshi 枕草子, Eiga Monogatari 栄花物語). Even banquets "to admire discolored maple leaves" are said to have been held from the second half of the Heian period onwards.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of four-sheet pattern (yonmaigata 四枚型). Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), scattered pattern (chirashi monyō 散らし文様): cherry blossoms and maple leaves, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1230-1
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Last update
- 25.04.2026
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