pattern（装飾の）

shaped resist dyeing

beautifully patterned with

If that is so, what name and type of decoration of mirrors did the emperor send?〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT138070", "2349999"

acanthus〔古代ギリシャのコリント様式の建築の柱頭に用いられた、アカンサスの葉の文様。その後古代ローマのコンポジット式柱頭のモチーフとなり、後にアジアに伝えられて唐草模様の原型となった。またルネサンス以降には家具の文様として広く用いられた。〕

a traditional pattern

fret（文様の）

auspicious omens motif

treasure motifs

There are large cotton ones with arabesque patterns for binding up quilts and dainty silk ones patterned with decorative designs, flowers, and birds."NIPO-318", "2516237"

She explained how the designs and patterns convey the unique aesthetic sense and prayers of the Japanese people."IC018013", "2442851"

plate with finger-wipe design

Family crests first appeared in Japan during the Heian period when aristocrats placed their favorite designs of plants and flowers on clothes and cow carriages."A0000282", "2295044"

Blades of Japanese swords exhibit beautiful tempered patterns."A0000189", "2267220"

Sometsuke is a dyeing skill in which motifs are drawn on white porcelain using paint that includes cobalt to create a vivid indigo color.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2009年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT273004", "2454254"

There are various ways of producing designs on lacquer ware, such as makie, where a pattern drawn in lacquer is sprinkled with metal or colored powder; urushie, where the pattern is done in colored lacquer; tsuishu and tsuikoku, where a number of coats of lacquer are applied and the pattern is carved into the finished surface; chinkin, where the lacquer is scored with pattern lines and gold-powder is then rubbed into the lines; kamakurabori, where a carved surface is coated with vermilion or green lacquer; and raden or hyomon, where shell or pieces of precious metals are set into or on the lacquer."NIPO-221", "2517384"

The longer edges of tatami are covered with cloth, the color and design of which were originally used to show a family's status."A0000302", "2490953"

embossed design

During the Jomon period that extended from ten thousand years ago up to the fourth or third century B.C., people depended mainly on hunting, fishing and gathering for their livelihood. The Jomon people are credited with creating pottery vessels generally accepted to be the oldest ones in the world, which they decorated with characteristic rope-impressed （jomon） patterns."NIPO-010", "2288402"

twining pattern

twill weave design

Jomon pottery, with its impressed-rope and flame patterns, is the world's oldest earthenware."NIPO-260", "2389845"

Although noh and kabuki fans are decorated with certain fixed painted or printed patterns, those for daily use come in all manner of designs, the most popular types being handwritten poems, artistically executed kanji characters, and various painted patterns, landscapes, and portraits."NIPO-289", "2242262"

flower arabesque design

People are attracted by Celtic things such as the landscapes few may know or secluded regions where only well-informed people can go, mysterious designs whose afterimages may remain in our memories giving us a feeling of deja-vu, mysterious stone statues, or giant stone circles that look like something spiritually connected with outer space.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1999年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT147041", "2429846"

incised ornament〔陶器、木製器などに線を彫って描いた凹文様〕