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Product Name : | Vase Mat (S) (Kozan-ji Ryu-mon) |
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Product type : | Table Runner |
Related Tags : | Wrapping available、 Chinese Zodiac、 Pattern_Kozanji dragon design、 vase case、 Vase mat (large)、 Dragon、 dragon、 |
Remark : | Please note that the pattern may be different from the picture shown due to the cutting process. Please be forewarned. |
Other : | Gift wrapping service available |
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Product Description
An item usable for various purposes beside as vase mat.
Pattern Description
Kozan-ji Ryu-mon(Brocade with Dragon Design of Kozan-ji Temple)

The design of this brocade is modeled after a pattern of a cloth covering a chair on which Amoghavajra (705-774 A.D.), a high priest of Esoteric Buddhism, drawn in a painting made in the Nan-sung Dynasty, China (1127-1279 A.D.) having been kept at Kozan-ji temple, Kyoto and designated as an important cultural property.
There have been too many designs to count drawn in combination of dragon and cloud together because traditionally it is said that "there is a cloud where a dragon leaps and a dragon lies behind a cloud". Among those, the original design of this brocade, depicting the clouds in hexagonal pattern and a vigorous and graceful dragon design in roundel placed in the center, reminds a superior power of creation of the ancient artists. The dignified design was woven into warp-patterned brocade in our weaving technique.