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Title
- Part of two-sheet pattern (nimaigata 二枚型). 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 broadleaf bamboo (sasa 笹) on fundō tsunagi 分銅繋ぎ (net pattern in the shape of fundō 分銅 (Jap. weight))
Collection
Period | Style | School
Material | Technique
Inventory number
- OR 3925-5953
Acquisition
- assumption , 1907
Department
- Asia Collection
Description
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"White ground" (jishiro 地白), possibly multipart, "main stencil" (omogata 主型).
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.
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stencil (katagami 型紙), Part of two-sheet pattern (nimaigata 二枚型). 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 broadleaf bamboo (sasa 笹) on fundō tsunagi 分銅繋ぎ (net pattern in the shape of fundō 分銅 (Jap. weight)), Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. OR 3925-5953
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Last update
- 14.06.2025
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