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"Seigaiha-mon" is an original Chiyogami pattern that depicts waves overlapped to resemble partially opened fans. The fan has been used as a symbol of good fortune since ancient times. Some say that the name of the pattern "seigaiha - blue sea waves" comes from the master lacquer worker of the Genroku era (1688 - 1704), Omi Kanshichi (the same Chinese characters are used to write this name), who loved to use this pattern.Others say that the name originates a Bugaku song, the
ancient court music of Japan.
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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. |
