
The pattern may be different from the image shown due to the cutting process.
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Product Name : | Oriental Zodiac Sign of the Year "Dragon" Wooden doll【Web limited color.】 |
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Product type : | Doll |
Size (cm) : | H approx. 11.0 x W approx. 15.0 x D approx. 7.5 |
Related Tags : | Wrapping available、 Chinese Zodiac、 Design_Zui-ryu Soshuu-mon、 Mokumekomi Dolls、 置き物、 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
1This zodiac doll from Tatsumura Bijutsu Orimono is made with a wish to ward off bad luck and bring good fortune in the new year. This doll is a popular item that sells out every year at Tatsumura Bijutsu Orimono. The Mokumekomi doll of the Chinese zodiac sign of the year "dragon" is designed to be graceful and auspicious with the new "Zuiryu chuushu design" in two luxurious colors for the doll's surface part, and "Shiki-Matsuba", "Gold Melon", and "Ippon-Tine Small Peony" are used. We hope you will display this "dragon" Mokumekomi doll, the Chinese zodiac sign of the Chinese zodiac, a symbol that brings happiness, at your home as you welcome the New Year.
Pattern Description
The high level of skill and perfection of Chinese dyed and woven textiles had a strong influence on the countries around them. This piece is based on dragon embroidery found in Chuzhou (present-day Hubei Province), the center of Chinese textile production.
The geometric composition of dragons, branches of flowers, and vines forming a rectangle as vertical and horizontal lines, which was characteristic of the embroidery patterns of the time, is utilized in this arrangement so that the dragons stand out.
The dragon, one of China's most prized designs and a symbol of courtly prosperity and marital bliss, is expressed with the technique of sutra brocade.
Omote-decoration, Zuikumo: Chrysanthemum fir (chrysanthemum fir)
Hon'ami Koetsu was an original genius of arts and crafts in the Momoyama period (1573-1600), when Japanese culture was at its most luxurious and flourishing, and he opened up new aspects of art in all fields.
One of his paper artworks, called "Okiku Momi" (large chrysanthemum fir paper), is located at Koetsu-ji Temple in Takagamine, Kyoto. This piece is an abstract, three-dimensional rendition of the splendor of this pattern on textile fabric. (Reproduced without permission)
Zui-ryu Soshuu-mon(Liu Design in Embroidery)

The textile fabrics made in ancient China, centering in the State of Chu (11C-3C, BC) (present Hubei) influenced on the nearby countries by the quality perfection and the high technology of the fabrics.
The design of this brocade is modeled after one of the embroidery patterns in those textiles. We newly designed a geometrical pattern of "Chinese Liu" surrounded by the vines of stems and flowers spreading vertically and horizontally, so that the "Liu" looks active.
The "Liu" design, one of the most valued good omen in China, symbolizing the rise of the Imperial Court and the happy wedding, is woven into warp-patterned brocade by our exquisite weaving technique.