Patterns That Carry Our Wishes Into the New Year
We are delighted to unveil our new patterns, marking the first release of the year—First Wave.
This opening chapter introduces two designs: “Pine Waves and Cranes” and “Corn.”
These patterns were chosen as our New Year’s beginning for the meanings they carry. Corn, born from the earth and nurtured by sunlight, symbolizes harvest, life, and the quiet strength of growth—a reflection of effort ripening into abundance. Pine Waves and Cranes, with its enduring pine and graceful cranes, embodies everlasting happiness, harmony, and hope that flows gently through time like the waves themselves.
Together, these designs form a wish for the year ahead—one of renewal, gratitude, and enduring joy. As the New Year arrives, may these patterns carry warmth, prosperity, and peaceful beginnings into your days.
Pine Wave with Cranes
Pine Waves and Cranes
松波と鶴（しょうはとつる）
Among Japanese motifs, the crane and pine have long been a beloved combination symbolizing good fortune.
Worshipped as messengers of the gods, the crane brings happiness and joy to people.
On the other hand, the pine is an evergreen tree that remains green year-round and has strong roots in the earth. Its appearance embodies wishes for eternal youth and longevity, unwavering sincerity, and prosperity.
When these two designs come together in harmony, they represent "everlasting happiness" and "a spirit living with hope."
In "Pine Waves and Cranes," a pine tree is depicted atop gently lapping waves, with a crane dancing majestically above it.
Since ancient times, waves have been considered an auspicious motif symbolizing "everlasting energy" and the "cycle of life."
The waves' gentle swaying motion reflects the transitions of human life and nature.
The pine supports the earth with its strength, while the crane dances lightly through the sky.
While each symbolizes a different world, they resonate together within a single design,
evoking a sense of the connection between heaven and earth, and the beauty of the symbiosis between nature and man.
This pattern embodies a gaze toward both the unchanging and the ever-changing.
The tranquility of the pine, the movement of the waves, and the elegance of the cranes resonate with each other,
embodying the spirit of harmony, respect for nature, and prayers for the future that Japanese people have long cherished.
"Pine Waves and Cranes" is a design that inherits the elegance of classic motifs, but is newly drawn with a modern sensibility.
Wearing it will envelop you in a calm and dignified air,
bringing a quiet elegance and sense of security to the heart of anyone who sees it.
Corn
Corn
玉蜀黍（とうもろこし）
Rooted deep in the earth and growing straight toward the sun, corn has long been depicted as a symbol of harvest and life. Its orderly rows of golden kernels evoke the abundance and balance of nature, each grain seeming to carry the quiet breath of the soil.
The supple curves of its leaves rustling in the breeze, and the gentle flow of the stalks embracing the kernels, express both the strength and tenderness of life, softly revealing the beauty woven into nature’s forms.
Corn was introduced to Japan during the Edo period, first drawing attention as a rare and unfamiliar crop from overseas. Over time, its simple yet powerful appearance blended naturally with Japan’s climate and landscape. By the Meiji and Taishō periods, it began to appear in textiles and decorative arts as a new botanical motif.
Though foreign in origin, its form evoked a quiet sense of nostalgia, allowing it to take its place alongside rice and wheat as a beloved symbol of harvest.
Designers discovered a modern sense of beauty in corn’s distinctive shape—the rhythmic arrangement of its grains and the overlapping movement of its leaves. Moving beyond mere realism, they sought to express the vital energy of life through abstraction, rhythm, and composition.
When depicted as a pattern on kimono and obi, corn is no longer simply a plant; it becomes a new expression of natural beauty, embodying both the spirit of the era and the hopes of the people.
This pattern is imbued with joy for a bountiful season and a deep reverence for nature. Born from the earth, nurtured by sunlight, and eventually bearing fruit, corn also symbolizes the cycle of life and the connections that bind all living things.
In its quiet presence, the pattern radiates warmth and undeniable strength, gently conveying the beauty of humans and nature living in harmony. It is a design that allows us to feel nature at its most artistic and profound.
