Title
- Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様): diagonal rows with paulownia and sparrows
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 31.7 cm
- width: 40.8 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 21.8 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 34.4 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1206
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染).
The paulownia motif (kiri 桐) symbolizes purity, happiness, and prosperity. Because a Chinese legend supposedly says that the phoenix only ensconces on a paulownia, it also symbolizes high status and was used as the 'private' crest of the imperial family. After the Meiji Restoration, the paulownia became the emblem of the Japanese government as the "5-7 Paulownia" (go-shichi (no) kiri 五七桐).
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様): diagonal rows with paulownia and sparrows, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1206
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Last update
- 25.04.2026
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