Title
- Part of a set. Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected hexagons/tortoiseshells) with chrysanthemums
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 25 cm
- width: 41.7 cm
- pattern - height: 17.6 cm
- pattern - width: 36 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-394
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Associated Objects
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of two-sheet pattern (nimaigata 二枚型). Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected tortoiseshells/hexagons) with chrysanthemums
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of a set. Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected tortoiseshells/hexagons) with chrysanthemums
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染), probably two-sheet pattern (nimaigata 二枚型), "main stencil" (omogata 主型). Motif with chain-like hexagon (kikkō 亀甲) and chrysanthemums.
Kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected tortoiseshells/hexagons):
a geometric pattern of hexagons, that was already found in Sassanid art and is said to have come to Japan via China and Korea during the Nara period (710-794). Because of the resemblance to the turtle shell shield, it is called kikko 亀甲. It counts as an auspicious pattern (kisshō monyō 吉祥文様) and since the Heian period (794-1185, also 794-1192) also as a 'courtly pattern' (yūsoku monyō 有職文様).
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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): kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected hexagons/tortoiseshells) with chrysanthemums, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-394
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Last update
- 13.04.2025
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