Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), stripe pattern (shima monyō 縞文様): diagonal rows of diamonds with alternating pattern of the character ni 二 (ni no ji kuzushi 二の字崩し), with a light silhoutte of fluffed sparrows (fukura suzume ふくら雀) and broadleaf bamboo on vertical lines
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 27.9 cm
- width: 40.8 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 20.1 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.5 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1576
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Alternating a row of diamonds with bishamon kikkō 毘沙門亀甲 pattern and a row with ni no ji kuzushi 二の字崩し and a row with sparrows and broad-leaf-bamboo motifs.
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), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), stripe pattern (shima monyō 縞文様): diagonal rows of diamonds with alternating pattern of the character ni 二 (ni no ji kuzushi 二の字崩し), with a light silhoutte of fluffed sparrows (fukura suzume ふくら雀) and broadleaf bamboo on vertical lines, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1576
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Last update
- 29.07.2026
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