Title
- Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): peonies and parts of hexagon surface pattern (yabure kikkō 破れ亀甲; "shredded" kikkō)
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 24.7 cm
- width: 40.7 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 14.1 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 34.5 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-3078
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染), "main stencil" (omogata 主型).
Peonies symbolise wealth and beauty. Because of their magnificent blossom with many petals, they are often used as a motif for handicrafts. Red peonies were even said to be able ensure longevity and immortality when drunk as an herbal decoction.
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), Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): peonies and parts of hexagon surface pattern (yabure kikkō 破れ亀甲; "shredded" kikkō), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-3078
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Last update
- 01.09.2026
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