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Part of two-sheet pattern (nimaigata 二枚型). Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様): cranes and minogame 蓑亀 (turtles)

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Underground dyed Passover marks (hoshi P). The crane and tortoise motif (tsuru kame Das) falls under the category “kisshō monyō Das 文様” (= pattern with auspicious sign), because cranes and turtles are symbols of long life. One proverb is that cranes live for a thousand years and turtles for ten thousand years. Among kisshō monyō Zu 文様 are among others the 3er combination, Pinie, Bamboo and Plum (shōchikubai Zu Zu Zu 様), as well as Phoenix (hōō Zu), butterfly (chō Zu) and auspicious clouds (zui 'un kZu Zu).
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Title: Part of two-sheet pattern (nimaigata 二枚型). Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様): cranes and minogame 蓑亀 (turtles)
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Underground dyed Passover marks (hoshi P).
The crane and tortoise motif (tsuru kame Das) falls under the category “kisshō monyō Das 文様” (= pattern with auspicious sign), because cranes and turtles are symbols of long life.
One proverb is that cranes live for a thousand years and turtles for ten thousand years.
Among kisshō monyō Zu 文様 are among others the 3er combination, Pinie, Bamboo and Plum (shōchikubai Zu Zu Zu 様), as well as Phoenix (hōō Zu), butterfly (chō Zu) and auspicious clouds (zui 'un kZu Zu).

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