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Traditional design motifs, used either in single units or repeated to create patterns, based on designs from Heian courtly decoration. Originally the repetoire of motifs came from the continent in the waves of T'ang Chinese influence around the 8-9c. Gradually motifs were transformed and Japanized into designs which were used to decorate imperial or state clothing utensils or furniture according to family status or court rank. The characters for yuusoku relate to the term yuushiki —LŽ― which meant "wide learning and knowledge," but which by the 12c had come to refer specifically to knowledge of imperial court rules, ceremonies and decorum. Today, the term, yuusoku mon''you is used to distinguish all the motifs and patterns traditionally used by the imperial family on objects of both public and private function in a myriad of materials from textiles such as woven twill, silk brocades, or dyed fabrics, to wood, lacquer, gold, paper, or leather. A large number of yuusoku mon'you exist, categorized broadly by geometric shape or design, as in circular motifs *marumon ŠΫ•Ά, diamond or lozenge shaped motifs *hishimon •H•Ά, motifs of crossed diagonals *tasukimon ζF•Ά, a checkerboard motif *ishidatamimon Ξτ•Ά, or a motif using vertical curvilinear lines *tatewaku —§—O, and by abstract, often geometricized images from nature, as in tortoise shell motif *kikkoumon ‹Tb•Ά, hailstone motif araremon θΕ•Ά, a floral arabesque motif *karakusamon “‚‘•Ά (Chinese grass motif), etc.
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