DESIGN | Symbolism | Asanoha

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All my work is packed with symbolism, whether it be hidden or in a more obvious form.

Here is one that you will find in my art.

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| ASANOHA |

Asanoha

• The Asanoha pattern is one of the most popular traditional patterns often seen on Japanese kimono.  Asanoha means: Asa = hemp: no = of: ha = leaf. The regular geometric pattern, though abstract, represents overlapping hemp leaves.

• Hemp grows straight and fast, up to the sky. And thus can represent  good health, vigor, resistance or resilience, and then, by extension prosperity.

• In Japan, this pattern was often used on babies' and children's kimonos with the hope that they would grow up big and strong.

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| Links | 

Flash Art containing Asanoha Patterns

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Custom Art containing Asanoha Patterns

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Since the Heian era, this hexagonal geometric pattern has been used as decoration for statues of Buddha.

Hemp leaves grow so quickly that it reaches a height of 4m in a mere 4 month .

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Note | This post contains a small amount of information on the symbol of the snake . It may not contain all symbolic meanings /

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Dionne

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