Title
- Part of a set. Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): braided cypress fence (higaki 檜垣) and bishamon kikkō 毘沙門亀甲 with floral motif
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 29.1 cm
- width: 41 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 19 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.1 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1492
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染), probably "canceling-out stencil" (keshigata 消型).
Bishamon kikkō 毘沙門亀甲: a pattern of three composite kikkō (mitsumori kikkō 三盛亀甲 = „triple“ kikkō). Since Bishamon-ten 毘沙門天, god of fortune and guardian, is often depicted in an armor with this pattern (as in Tōdaiji 東大寺, Nara), this pattern is commonly called bishamon kikkō.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of a set. Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): braided cypress fence (higaki 檜垣) and bishamon kikkō 毘沙門亀甲 with floral motif, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1492
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Last update
- 25.04.2026