Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): superimposed pattern of kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected tortoise shells/hexagons) and lozenge pattern
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 25.2 cm
- width: 41.7 cm
- pattern - height: 13.7 cm
- pattern - width: 35 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-5804
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"White ground" (jishiro 地白).
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) since the Heian period (794-1185, also 794-1192).
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): superimposed pattern of kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected tortoise shells/hexagons) and lozenge pattern, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-5804
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Last update
- 25.04.2026
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