Title
- Part of a set. Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様): plovers and blue ocean waves (seigaiha 青海波)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 24.8 cm
- width: 41.3 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 15.5 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 29 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-878
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Inscriptions
- stamp: Dealer (型売商人 katauri shōnin): [寺尾斎兵衛 Terao Saibee]Shop Name (暖簾名 noren na): 寺尾 改 Terao aratame Trader’s Logo (yagō 屋号): 曲尺にサ kanejaku with "sa"Location (所在地 shozaichi): ---Black stamp, rectangular with rounded corners (角丸長方形 、黒印 kadomaru chōhōkei, kokuin)Note: 改aratame = an inspection seal, e.g., from the Kishū domain, which also attests to high quality.
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染), "canceling-out stencil" (keshigata 消型).
The plovers symbolise success as well as the safety and well-being of the home.
They are often depicted flying over waves. This motif is intended to evoke the certainty that “even the roughest waves can be overcome together”.
Seigaiha 青海波 („blue ocean waves): a pattern that can be found in many regions of the world. In Japan it can be found on Haniwa robes from the Kofun period (approx. 300-538). But only since the Kamakura period (1185-1333) has the pattern been associated with water (e.g. Koseto jugs). The name seigaiha 青海波is said to go back to a title of a Gagaku dance.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of a set. Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), nature pattern (shizen monyō 自然文様): plovers and blue ocean waves (seigaiha 青海波), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-878
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Last update
- 20.07.2026
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