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Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): flying crane (tobitsuru 飛鶴), minogame 蓑亀, pine trees, chrysanthemums, tendrils, yabure shippō 破れ七宝 ("shredded" shippō) and kikkō 亀甲 (hexago
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Underground dyed (jizomari grund 様), possibly part of a set (called: hazure 様様 grund grund). Passover marks (hoshi P). Minogame Min: Tortoise with seagrass tuft, a symbol of longevity. 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: Animal pattern (dōbutsu monyō 動物文様), plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様), surface pattern (waritsuke monyō 割付文様): flying crane (tobitsuru 飛鶴), minogame 蓑亀, pine trees, chrysanthemums, tendrils, yabure shippō 破れ七宝 ("shredded" shippō) and kikkō 亀甲 (hexago
Description:
Underground dyed (jizomari grund 様), possibly part of a set (called: hazure 様様 grund grund).
Passover marks (hoshi P).
Minogame Min: Tortoise with seagrass tuft, a symbol of longevity.
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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