Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様)/nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様)/plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様)/pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様): lattice with kanzemizu 観世水 (water swirl) pattern and fukura suzume ふくら雀 (fluffed sparrows) of sweet-coltsfoots and kan 鐶 (metal bangles)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 25.1 cm
- width: 41.1 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 14.8 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.5 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-309
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染), possibly a part of a set (hazure はずれ).
Kanzemizu-mon 観世水文, originally a family crest of the Nō dynasty Kanze 観世 depicts a water swirl.
The appearance of Kabuki actor Gen’nosuke 源之助, the later Sawamura Sōjūrō IV. 四代目沢村宗十郎 (1784-1813), as Komamono Yashichi in a robe with a kanzemizu pattern led to the motif becoming fashionable.
Fukura suzume (fluffed sparrow) is an auspicious motif, as the name can also be written with the characters fuku福 (happiness), ra 良 (good) and suzume 雀 (sparrow) or with the characters fuku福 (happiness), rai来 (coming) and suzume 雀 (sparrow). Its 'fluffed and puffed-up' shape gives the impression of a good, carefree life.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様)/nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様)/plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様)/pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様): lattice with kanzemizu 観世水 (water swirl) pattern and fukura suzume ふくら雀 (fluffed sparrows) of sweet-coltsfoots and kan 鐶 (metal bangles), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-309
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Last update
- 03.08.2026
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