Plant pattern (shokubutsu monyō 植物文様): pine needles, plum blossoms and bamboo branches

Underground dyed A shōchikubai sh様 motif. The depictions of these three plants can already be found in the ink painting of the Song dynasty as the “Drei Die des Winters (jap: Saikan no san 'yū Die Die 様).” As well as in China, Japan’s 3-Series combination of shōchikubai wie 様 (Pinie, bamboo, plum) is lucky, so it is also used as a New Year’s ornament. Shaded plum blossoms and pine needles. Passover marks (hoshi P). stencil paper (shibugami Schab): composed of maculature, writing partially visible. The shōchikubai sh様 -motif falls under the category “kisshō monyō Das 文様” (= pattern with auspicious sign): this includes the combination of crane and tortoise (tsuru kame Das Das) as well as phenix (hōō), butterfly (chō) and auspicious clouds (zui 'un 様).