Title
- Komon 小紋. Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様): eggplants, butterflies and sanyō 三曜
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 23.2 cm
- width: 41 cm
- pattern - height: 13.6 cm
- pattern - width: 35.7 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-2165
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"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.
Sanyō 三曜: this pattern of three small circles, which are arranged like the rectangles of the character 品, is supposed to represent the three stars that line up in the center of the constellation Orion. Sanyō 三曜 is a symbol of the god of war; in the top center there is a “generalissimo star” (taishōgunboshi 大将軍星) flanked by two stars on the left and right, namely by a “general to the left” (sashōgun 左将軍) and a “general to the right” (ushōgun 右将軍).
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), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様): eggplants, butterflies and sanyō 三曜, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-2165
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Last update
- 03.04.2025
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