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"Getto-mon" is an original Chiyogami pattern that depicts the moon, revered in Japan and China since ancient times as a symbol of immortality, and the rabbit that is said to live on the moon.
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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. |
