Title
- Part of a set. Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様)/surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): butterflies and fundō tsunagi 分銅繋ぎ (net pattern in the shape of fundō 分銅 (Jap. weight)) of small blossoms
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Measurements
- height: 25 cm
- width: 42.2 cm
- 1 Muster - height: 14.2 cm
- 1 Muster - width: 35 cm
Inventory number
- OR 3925-3625
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"Dyed ground" (jizomari 地染). Butterflies with kangiku 釻菊 (chrysanthemum in the metal ring) wings and with kanzemizu 観世水 body, such as butterflies composed of four plovers.
The butterflies (chō 蝶), which undergo unusual shape change during their lives, are considered a symbol of immortality. Since it is said that butterflies spend their entire lives with the same partner, they also represent marital harmony, so they are often used as motifs on wedding kimonos.
Fundō tsunagi 分銅繋ぎ (net pattern in the shape of fundō 分銅 (Jap. weight)): due to the unusual shape of the fundō, which is composed to a net pattern form, the pattern fundō tsunagi 分銅繋ぎ is said to have been quite popular.
Kanzemizu-mon 観世水文, originally a family crest of the Nō dynasty Kanze 観世 depicts a water swirl. The appearance of Kabuki actor Gen’nosuke 源之助, the later Sawamura Sōjūrō IV. 四代目沢村宗十郎 (1784-1813), as Komamono Yashichi in a robe with a kanzemizu pattern led to the motif becoming fashionable.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of a set. Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様)/surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): butterflies and fundō tsunagi 分銅繋ぎ (net pattern in the shape of fundō 分銅 (Jap. weight)) of small blossoms , Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-3625
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Last update
- 25.04.2026
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