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  • Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), autumn grasses (akikusa 秋草): Susuki grass and carnations
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Period | Style | School
Inventory number
  • OR 3925-6078
Acquisition
  • assumption , 1907
Department
  • Asia Collection
Description
    "White ground" (jishiro 地白). Carnation (nadeshiko 撫子) and Susuki grass (susuki 薄) are among the ‘Seven Autumn Grasses’. The Seven Autumn Grasses (aki no nanakusa 秋の七草): Japanese clover (hagi 萩), Susuki grass (susuki 薄), Japanese arrowroot (kuzu 葛), carnation (nadeshiko 撫子), patrinia (ominaeshi 女郎花), boneset (fujibakama 藤袴), balloon flower (kikyō 桔梗). Basically a nostalgic motif - at the sight of flowering autumn flowers, people are reminded of the transience of life.
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  • stencil (katagami 型紙), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), autumn grasses (akikusa 秋草): Susuki grass and carnations, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-6078
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  • 13.04.2025


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