Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ with chrysanthemums and tendrils
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 24.1 cm
- width: 41.3 cm
- pattern - height: 15.8 cm
- pattern - width: 35.8 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-400
Acquisition
- assumption, 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Surface pattern with hexagon (kikkō 亀甲) arranged like tiles. In and around hexagons: chrysanthemums and tendrils.
Kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ (connected tortoiseshells/hexagons): a geometric pattern of hexagons, that was already found in Sassanid art and is said to have come to Japan via China and Korea during the Nara period (710-794). Because of the resemblance to the turtle shell shield, it is called kikko 亀甲. It counts as an auspicious pattern (kisshō monyō 吉祥文様) and since the Heian period (794-1185, also 794-1192) also as a 'courtly pattern' (yūsoku monyō 有職文様).
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): kikkō tsunagi 亀甲繋ぎ with chrysanthemums and tendrils, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-400
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Last update
- 04.02.2025
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