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ID: 300311047
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300311047

 

Record Type: concept
karahanamon (<patterns by specific type>, patterns (design elements), ... Design Elements (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Literally "Chinese floral motifs" or "Chinese flower designs", this pattern characteristically merges intricate floral motifs into geometric, frequently circular or diamond-shaped, designs. It was introduced to China from Japan as early as the Nara period (710-794) and is sometimes used interchangeably with "karakusa", meaning "Chinese grass motif".
 
Terms:
karahanamon (preferred,C,V,English-P,D,U,U)
karahanamon (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
karahanamon (Japanese (transliterated)-P,D,U,U)
唐花文 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
táng huā wén (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
tang hua wen (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
t'ang hua wen (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
tsuruhanamon (C,V,Japanese (transliterated),UF,U,U)
tsurukusamon (C,V,Japanese (transliterated),UF,U,U)
karahana (C,V,Japanese (transliterated),UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  D.DG

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Physical Attributes Facet
Physical Attributes Facet
Hierarchy of Design Elements (hierarchy name)
.... Design Elements (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of design elements (attributes)
........ design elements (attributes) (G)
Hierarchy of patterns (design elements)
............ patterns (design elements) (G)
Hierarchy of <patterns by specific type>
................ <patterns by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of karahanamon
.................... karahanamon (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 字面上之意義為「中國花紋圖案」或「中國花紋設計圖樣」,此一圖案典型地將錯綜複雜的花紋,合併組織成通常是圓環形狀或鑽石形狀的幾何設計圖樣。它早在西元七一○至七九四年間的奈良時代就由日本引進中國,而且有時會和意義為「中國草紋圖案」的「唐草」(Karakusa)圖飾交互使用。 
Dutch ..... De naam van dit patroon betekent letterlijk 'Chinese bloemmotieven' of 'Chinese bloemontwerpen' en heeft als kenmerk dat het ingewikkelde bloemmotieven combineert tot geometrische, vaak ronde of ruitvormige ontwerpen. Het kwam al in de Nara-periode (710-794) via Japan in China terecht en wordt soms gebruikt als synoniem van 'karakusa', wat 'Chinees grasmotief' betekent. 

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  karakusa
..................................................  (<patterns by specific type>, patterns (design elements), ... Design Elements (hierarchy name)) [300310752]

Sources and Contributors:
唐花文............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
karahana............  [VP]
.................  Hays, Nō Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies (1992)
karahanamon............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 9 December 2008
.......................  Moran, Kichijōten, a Painting of the Nara Period, Artibus Asiae (1962)
tang hua wen............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
táng huā wén............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
t'ang hua wen............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..........................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
tsuruhanamon............  [VP]
.......................  JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 9 December 2008
tsurukusamon............  [VP]
.......................  JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 9 December 2008
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Hays, Nō Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies (1992)
............  JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 9 December 2008
............  Moran, Kichijōten, a Painting of the Nara Period, Artibus Asiae (1962)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Hays, Nō Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies (1992)
.......... JAANUS [online] (2001-) accessed 9 December 2008
.......... Moran, Kichijōten, a Painting of the Nara Period, Artibus Asiae (1962)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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