Title
- Actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 or ishidatami moyō 石畳模様 (checkerboard pattern) with stripes and flowers (chrysanthemums)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 25.1 cm
- width: 40.8 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 13.5 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 34.3 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-758
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.
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.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 or ishidatami moyō 石畳模様 (checkerboard pattern) with stripes and flowers (chrysanthemums), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-758
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Last update
- 05.08.2026
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