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"Akikusa-mon" is an original Chiyogami pattern depicting the seven autumn herbs "ominaeshi" (patrinia), "kikyo" (Japanese bellflower
), "kuzu" (arrowroot), "susuki" (silver grass), "nadeshiko" (fringed pink), "hagi" (bush clover) and "fujibakama" (mistflower).
This uniquely Japanese mood, evocative of the passing of time and the impermanence of the world, is a characteristic feature of Yuzen patterns.
We have blue, purple and gold patterns for you to download.
Chiyogami had its beginnings in Kyoto during the Edo period (1603 - 1867). It began with flowers, birds, and other patterns from nature, popular subjects in the Yuzen* patterns, drawn onto Japanese paper. Such paper came to be printed using the woodblock printing technology of Edo (present-day Tokyo), and incorporated other patterns used in colored prints of the day. The paper soon became popular throughout Japan.
*Yuzen: Japanese traditional dyeing technique that originated in the 8th century created by painter Yuzen Miyazaki. |
