Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様)/actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様): kikugorō grid (Kikugorō kōshi 菊五郎格子)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Inventory number
- OR 3925-7240
Acquisition
- assumption, 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"White ground" (jishiro 地白).
Kikugorō grid (kikugorō kōshi 菊五郎格子): grid of four and five stripes with the syllabary キ (ki) and the character 呂 (RO/RYO). In a performance of the play Yoshitsune Senbonzakura 義経千本桜, the actor Onoe Kikugorō III 三代目尾上菊五郎 (1784-1849) is said to have worn a costume with this pattern.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様)/actor pattern (yakusha monyō 役者文様), pattern with objects (kibutsu monyō 器物文様): kikugorō grid (Kikugorō kōshi 菊五郎格子), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-7240
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Last update
- 04.02.2025
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