Five Star Leather

...During the Middle Ages, dyed leather was mainly used for armor, and leather with various patterns such as eye knots, five stars, irises, small cherry blossoms, the Fudo Triad, lions and peonies, and mandarin ducks were made. Among these dyed leathers, indigo leather and small cherry blossom leather were used for dignified fur, five-star leather for small borders, iris leather for decorative panels, and painted leather for string running and for leather coverings for metal fittings. The patterns of illustrated leather changed over time; from the end of the Heian period to the beginning of the Kamakura period, tasukiiri (traditional Japanese sash pattern) kamon and lion and circle patterns were used, while in the Kamakura period, tasuki patterns were replaced by pictorial patterns such as lion and peony patterns, chrysanthemum branch patterns, and Fudo Sanzon patterns. After the Northern and Southern Courts period, the lion and peony patterns became smaller and more formalized, resulting in the creation of moshishi leather, and Shohei leather dyed with the date 1351 (Shohei 6).

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中世では染韋はおもに甲冑（かつちゆう）に用いられ，目結（めゆい），五星，菖蒲，小桜，不動三尊，獅子牡丹，鴛鴦（おしどり）などいろいろの文様を出した韋がつくられた。それらの染韋のうち，藍韋，小桜韋などは威毛（おどしげ）に，五星韋は小縁に，菖蒲韋は化粧板に，絵韋は弦走（つるばしり），金具所の包韋として使われた。絵韋にはその文様に時代的変化があって，平安時代末から鎌倉時代初めにかけては襷入（たすきいり）の窠文（かもん）や獅子円文，鎌倉時代には襷文にかわって獅子牡丹文，菊枝文，不動三尊文などの絵画的文様がおこなわれ，南北朝以降は獅子牡丹文が小型になり形式化した藻獅子の韋が生まれ，また正平6年(1351)の年紀を染めた正平韋などがつくられた。…

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