Stencil-Dyed Indigo Arabesque Patterns (Part V)[1]Art ReviewMarie-Therese Wisniowski

Preamble
For your convenience I have listed other posts on Japanese textiles on this blogspot:
Discharge Thundercloud
The Basic Kimono Pattern
The Kimono and Japanese Textile Designs
Traditional Japanese Arabesque Patterns (Part I)
Textile Dyeing Patterns of Japan
Traditional Japanese Arabesque Patterns (Part II)
Sarasa Arabesque Patterns (Part III)
Contemporary Japanese Textile Creations
Shibori (Tie-Dying)
History of the Kimono
A Textile Tour of Japan - Part I
A Textile Tour of Japan - Part II
The History of the Obi
Japanese Embroidery (Shishu)
Japanese Dyed Textiles
Aizome (Japanese Indigo Dyeing)
Stencil-Dyed Indigo Arabesque Patterns (Part V)
Japanese Paintings on Silk
Tsutsugaki - Freehand Paste-Resist Dyeing
Street Play in Tokyo
Birds and Flowers in Japanese Textile Designs
Japanese Colors and Inks on Paper From the Idemitsu Collection
Yuzen: Multicolored Past-Resist Dyeing - Part 1
Yuzen: Multi-colored Paste-Resist Dyeing - Part II

Stencil-Dyed Indigo Arabesque Patterns (Part V)
KARAKUSA (arabesque) patterns, in general, are made up of circular and elliptical shapes of stems and leaves drawn from an unlimited number of diagonal lines of simple and defined patterns, thus creating endlessly linked forms. These patterns flourished in Japan in the Edo period. However, since the end of WW2 the use of these patterns went into a steep decline. The patterns below have been refreshed with a modern touch in the hope that they may reawaken their use in modern decorative design.

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Reference:
[1] Textile Design In Japan: Traditional Arabesque, Kamon Yoshimoto, Graphic-sha Publishing Co. Ltd, Tokyo (1977).