Title
- Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): "twisted" chrysanthemums (nejigiku ねじ菊)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 23.2 cm
- width: 40.3 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 13.8 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.2 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-5488
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Associated Objects
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): "twisted" chrysanthemums (nejigiku ねじ菊)
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): "twisted" chrysanthemums (nejigiku ねじ菊)
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): "twisted" chrysanthemums (nejigiku ねじ菊)
- stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): "twisted" chrysanthemums (nejigiku ねじ菊)
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Pistils of kanko 鹿の子.
The chrysanthemum (kiku 菊) symbolizes longevity, which dates back to a Chinese legend. The Yellow River once originated in a chrysanthemum meadow, and a villager who drank from the spring achieved a long life. In Japan, the motif first appears in the Kokin-wakashū 古今和歌集 (early 10th century), while the Man’yōshū 万葉集 from the 8th century lists 157 plant species but does not contain a single poem about chrysanthemums. It is therefore assumed that the flower was first introduced to Japan from China at the end of the 8th or beginning of the 9th century.
The tie-dye (shibori 絞り) pattern kanoko 鹿の子similizes the white spots of deer calf (ka 鹿 = deer; ko 子 = kid).
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): "twisted" chrysanthemums (nejigiku ねじ菊), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-5488
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Last update
- 14.10.2026
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