Title
- Komon 小紋. Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): maple leaves and arare あられ (hailstones; dots)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 24.1 cm
- width: 44.8 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 15.2 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 39.3 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-4237
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染).
The maple leaf (kaede 楓, also: momiji 紅葉) is considered a symbol of a long and successful life because it changes color depending on the season. Especially in autumn, the foliage shines in the most beautiful colors. Maple leaves are already sung about in the oldest poetry (Man'yōshū 万葉集, Kokin Wakashū 古今和歌集), and maple leaf motifs on robes are described in the Heian period (Makura-no Sōshi 枕草子, Eiga Monogatari 栄花物語). Even banquets "to admire discolored maple leaves" are said to have been held from the second half of the Heian period onwards.
Stencils for komon 小 紋 ("fine pattern") are mostly made in the drill cutting
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Komon 小紋. Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): maple leaves and arare あられ (hailstones; dots), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-4237
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https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collect/komon-小紋-plant-pattern-shokubutsu-monyo-植物文様-surface-pattern-waritsuke-monyo-割付文様-maple-leaves-and-arare_336186
Last update
- 18.02.2026
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