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Object name: stencil (katagami 型紙)
Title: Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): butterflies and meadow(?)
Production:
execution: anonymous, Mie, 19th century

Period/Style/School: Edo period (1603-1868)
Material: astringent paper <shibugami 渋紙>
Technique: push carving <tsukibori 突彫>, insertion of threads <itoire 糸入れ>
Measurements:
height: 25.2 cm
width: 41.5 cm
height (sample): 12.8 cm
width (sample): 36.1 cm

Inventory number: OR 3925-388
Acquisition: assumption (1907)
Description: "White ground" (jishiro 地白), possibly a part of a set (hazure はずれ). 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.
Department: Asia Collection
Collection: Asia collection, Heinrich Siebold collection, Handelsmuseum
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