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Komon 小紋. Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): butterflies and arare あられ (hailstones; dots)
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Title
  • Komon 小紋. Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): butterflies and arare あられ (hailstones; dots)
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Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
  • height: 23.8 cm
  • width: 43.6 cm
  • 1 Muster - height: 14.7 cm
  • 1 Muster - width: 37.7 cm
Inventory number
  • OR 3925-4302
Acquisition
  • assumption , 1907
Department
  • Asia Collection
Description
    "Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). The butterflies (chō 蝶), which undergo unusual shape change during their lives, are considered a symbol of immortality. Since it is said that butterflies spend their entire lives with the same partner, they also represent marital harmony, so they are often used as motifs on wedding kimonos. Stencils for komon 小 紋 ("fine pattern") are mostly made in the drill cutting technic. The pattern of komon is not oriented in a specific direction and is so fine that it appears monochrome from a distance.
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  • 25.04.2026

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