Column: Tatewaku Pattern

摘要

Tatewaku is one of the great and auspicious Japanese traditional patterns.It has been used for kimono and in architecture since olden times, and signifies the positive rising energy of the universe. Patterns, in which clouds, waves, Japanese wisterias, or the like are incorporated in the bulging sections, were used as yusoku-monyo (traditional design motifs of court nobles), and adopted in Noh costumes.