Title
- Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): floating paulownia blossoms
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 31.2 cm
- width: 41.3 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 22.2 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.7 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1455
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Paulownia on dotted (arare monyō あられ文様 = hailstone pattern) surface and on watercourse (ryūsui 流水).
“Floating…”: a motif of objects/plants floating on the water. The pattern is reminiscent of the passage of time.
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): floating paulownia blossoms, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1455
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https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collect/plant-pattern-shokubutsu-monyo-植物文様-floating-paulownia-blossoms_318140
Last update
- 25.04.2026
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