Color / Navy and Multi-color

Japanese name/ 孔雀 (Kujaku)

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For its handsome beauty and graceful appearance, the peacock has been beloved in all world cultures since ancient times.

The peacock was introduced to Japan during the Nara period (710-794), however, became popular as a kimono pattern motif during the Edo period (1600-1868).Its meaning is that of “protection”, which hasn’t changed in hundreds of years. The pattern is worn to protect the wearer from all misfortune and harm, therefore it is often seen used on ceremonial kimono.

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Japanese name/ 千代見草 ( Chiyomigusa )

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“Chiyo-misou” is another name for the chrysanthemum. The chrysanthemum is a plant that symbolizes perpetual youth and longevity. The word “Chiyo” means “a thousand years” or “an extremely long time,” and because Chiyo-misou is sometimes written as “Senrei-misou,” it is believed that the name “chrysanthemum” was associated with the idea of everlasting youth and long life.

In this pattern, bush clover is depicted in a soft, watercolor-like style against a backdrop of large and small chrysanthemums, giving a modern and elegant interpretation to a traditional chrysanthemum motif.

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Color / Violet and Multi-color Care Instruction

Japanese name/ 光琳菊 ( Koringiku )

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Chrysanthemums have long been loved by people as a flower that celebrates longevity, and they have been incorporated into crafts and kimono designs.

"Korin patterns" are the collective term for patterns influenced by the style perfected by the painter Ogata Korin. Korin was an artist born in Kyoto in the mid-Edo period, and his subjects were familiar motifs such as chrysanthemums, plum blossoms, pine trees, and waves. While based on sketches, his refined style boldly simplified the details, creating a unique and innovative pattern that took the world by storm. His innovative style was so popular that it was even published in a book of kosode patterns of the time, and it was all the rage not only during the Edo period but also during the Meiji and Taisho periods.

This Korin chrysanthemum is a simplified design of chrysanthemum flowers, and is also called "Manju chrysanthemum" because its round, plump shape resembles a manju, and "Marju chrysanthemum" in hopes of longevity, and is considered an extremely auspicious design.

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Color / Navy and Multi-color Care Instruction

Japanese name/ 舟と鶴 ( Fune to Tsuru )

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Classic Japanese design will often reflect an artisan’s delicate sensibility, and their deeply felt connection to nature. This exquisitely rendered pattern of a boat with crane is no exception, which celebrates all which is good in life, and a fresh beginning.

In ancient Japanese mythology, the tsuru or crane, comes from Mount Horai in heaven, and carries divine happiness and good fortune to earth. According to myth, it can also live 1,000 years, therefore the tsuru is widely revered as a symbol for strength, and long life.

The boat depicted in this pattern is symbolically being rowed into the ocean of the heavens, which signifies a future destined to be blessed, and filled with much happiness.

The boat and crane when represented together, are symbols of protection, which is why they are often seen embellishing elegant wedding kimono.

Also presented are specific plant-life chosen for their special meanings such as matsu, ume, and kiku.

Matsu, or pine, can live in reality over 1,000 years, therefore represent longevity, and resilience. Ume, or plum blossoms, have the ability to bloom during harsh, cold winters, therefore they are symbolizing vitality and life-force. Kiku, or chrysanthemums, are also representative of longevity, as well as rejuvenation and nobility, since the chrysanthemum is a symbol for the emperor and appears on the Japanese imperial seal.

Traditionally dyed Japanese designs such as “Boat With Crane” contain an illustrious language of symbols, one which exemplifies the grace, elegance, and ultimate refinement of centuries of preserved textile heritage.

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Color/ Navy and Multi-color

Japanese name / 朝顔狗子図 (Maruyama Okyo)

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Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) was the son of a farmer, who ventured to Kyoto in order to pursue his dream of studying under master painter Ishida Yutei, of the Kano school, and an important painter for the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
Once Maruyama Okyo’s work became established in Kyoto, he himself would be the founder of a major new painting style, known as the Maruyama school.Specializing in the close observation of nature, with delicate brush-work, and bold compositions Okyo’s scroll paintings in particular also demonstrate a new era, such as this painting of “Puppies with Morning Glories”, which is included in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum of Art.
Maruyama Okyo is considered a pioneer, who brought together combined styles of Chinese and Japanese techniques with the realism of Western naturalism, and became one of the most influential of Kyoto 18th century painters.
A collaboration with the TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM of ART.

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Japanese name/ 鳥獣花木図 ( CHOJUKABOKUZU )

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Jakuchu Ito lived from 1716 to 1800, in the Nishiki area of Kyoto during the “golden age of art“ of the Edo era, before Japan opened its doors to the outside world.

Jakuchu was self-taught, and passionate about painting from childhood. A student of Buddhism at the Shokoku-ji zen monastery, he devoted himself to the art of painting, taking inspiration from classic Chinese paintings from the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

With nature as his teacher, he also began making thorough sketches of all natural phenomena, eventually establishing his own richly colored style of painting, as portrayed here in his “Birds, Animals, and Flowering Plants in an Imaginary Scene”, originally a pair of six-panel folding screens.

This timeless expression of the vital energy of flora and fauna, is a testament to Jakuchu Ito’s originality and genius. It is comprised of roughly 43,000 squares within each of the paintings’s panels. Animal figures within the scene are alive and alert showing their true nature in a style characteristic of Jakuchu.

At Pagong, in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Jakuchu Ito, we wish to breathe new freshness into these extraordinarily detailed depictions of plants and animals with the use of a kimono dyeing technique called Kyo-Yuzen.

A collaboration with the Idemitsu Museum of Art.

・93% Rayon 7% Polyurethane
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