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Title
- Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): paulownia and mitsumori kikkō 三つ盛り亀甲 (triple hexagon/tortoiseshell) with hanakaku 花角 (rectangular flower)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 24.5 cm
- width: 41.5 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 17.5 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 33.6 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-181
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Mitsumori kikkō 三つ盛り亀甲 with floral motif: family crest.
The paulownia motif (kiri 桐) symbolizes purity, happiness, and prosperity. Because a Chinese legend supposedly says that the phoenix only ensconces on a paulownia, it also symbolizes high status and was used as the 'private' crest of the imperial family. After the Meiji Restoration, the paulownia became the emblem of the Japanese government as the "5-7 Paulownia" (go-shichi (no) kiri 五七桐).
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): paulownia and mitsumori kikkō 三つ盛り亀甲 (triple hexagon/tortoiseshell) with hanakaku 花角 (rectangular flower), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-181
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Last update
- 25.04.2026