Seigaiha
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Overlapping arcs of gentle blue waves fill this card, taken from a Japanese katagami stencil cut in the 1800s for dyeing cloth. The pattern is called seigaiha, blue ocean waves, and it is read as a wish for a calm, peaceful life that goes on like the sea. For someone who is grieving.
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On the back
From the stencil cutters of Japan / SEIGAIHA / Katagami, a paper stencil for dyeing cloth, Japan, 1800s / Seigaiha, “blue ocean waves”, repeats overlapping arcs of gentle waves. It is read as a wish for a calm, peaceful life that goes on like the sea. / Printed in one colour, as on the dyed cloth. / PATTERNS WITH MEANING · SYMPATHY / No. 02/5
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