Title
- Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): maple leaves
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 29.2 cm
- width: 41 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 18.6 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.1 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1774
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"White ground" (jishiro 地白). Some maple leaves with seigaiha 青海波 (blue ocean waves) and Japanese clover motif and with seigaiha 青海波 and broadleaf bamboo motif.
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), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): maple leaves, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1774
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https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collect/plant-pattern-shokubutsu-monyo-植物文様-surface-pattern-waritsuke-monyo-割付文様-maple-leaves_319747
Last update
- 25.04.2026
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