Title
- Actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern) with seigaiha 青海波 (blue ocean waves), ni no ji kuzushi 二の字崩し (alternating pattern of the character ni 二 ), amime 網目(mesh) and higaki 檜垣 (braided cypress fence) pattern
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 33.1 cm
- width: 41.1 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 22 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35.8 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1613
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"White ground" (jishiro 地白).
The checkerboard pattern ichimatsu monyō 市松文様, also ichimatsu kōshi 市松格子, is a ishidatami moyō 石畳模様 (= stone pavement pattern). The pattern is said to have come into fashion as "ichimatsu monyō" because the Kabuki actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I. 初代佐野川市松 (1722-1762) had worn a hakama with a stone pavement pattern during a performance, which caused a sensation.
Seigaiha 青海波 („blue ocean waves): a pattern that can be found in many regions of the world. In Japan it can be found on Haniwa robes from the Kofun period (approx. 300-538). But only since the Kamakura period (1185-1333) has the pattern been associated with water (e.g. Koseto jugs). The name seigaiha 青海波is said to go back to a title of a Gagaku dance.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern) with seigaiha 青海波 (blue ocean waves), ni no ji kuzushi 二の字崩し (alternating pattern of the character ni 二 ), amime 網目(mesh) and higaki 檜垣 (braided cypress fence) pattern, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1613
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Last update
- 10.08.2026
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