Title
- Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 31.5 cm
- width: 41.2 cm
- pattern - height: 21.3 cm
- pattern - width: 35.1 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-1906-1
Acquisition
- assumption, 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). A kind of ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (= "checkerboard" pattern) with alternating dark and patterned sqaures. Patterned squares: wood grain (mokume 木目) and horizontal stripes.
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.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): ichimatsu monyō 市松文様 (checkerboard pattern), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-1906-1
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https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collect/surface-pattern-waritsuke-monyo-割付文様-ichimatsu-monyo-市松文様-checkerboard-pattern_329233
Last update
- 04.02.2025
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