Themes & Patterns
IMARI
Sansui

Sansui is a scenery of mountain & water, a landscape or a seascape, sometimes with
a house and a figure.


   Sometsuke Sansui Fan-shape Plate ( 1800 - 1860 )





















Shochikubai

Shochikubai, a design of pine, bamboo & plum is a most commonly used pattern.


             Somenishiki Shochikubai Nagazara ( 1800 - 1860 )






















Tsuru kame

Tsuru ( crane ) and Kame ( turtle ) as a pair is a symbol of longevity. This theme
is commonly used to celebrate the weddings in Japan.

              Sometsuke Tsuru Kame Plate (  1780 -1830 )
Themes