Cashmere shawl

Japanese: カシミア・ショール - かしみあしょーる
Cashmere shawl

…It is also called cashmere. It is famous throughout the world as a cashmere shawl, and was originally used as clothing and shawls for royalty and nobility. Most of the patterns are Indian pine, almond-shaped floral patterns called paisley, or paisley arranged in an arabesque style. …

From [Paisley]

…Originally, it was the name of a small town about 4km southwest of Glasgow, England. From the early 19th century, this town produced a large number of imitations of Indian cashmere shawls, which were popular in Europe at the time, and so the name paisley became synonymous with cashmere shawls. Furthermore, the name paisley came to refer to the magatama-shaped plant pattern, which is the most common design on cashmere shawls. The origin of this plant pattern is generally considered to be from the ancient Tree of Life in Western Asia, but in the Kashmir region it is thought to have been a design of cypress trees. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "cashmere shawls" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…カシミヤともいう。カシミア・ショールの名で世界に名高く,もともと王侯貴族の衣料,ショールとして用いられていた。文様はほとんどがインド松,あるいはペーズリーと呼ばれるアーモンド形の花文様,またペーズリーを唐草風にアレンジしたものを主としている。…

【ペーズリー】より

…元来はイギリスのグラスゴー南西約4kmにある小さな町の名。この町で19世紀初頭より,当時ヨーロッパで人気のあったインドのカシミア・ショールの模倣品が大量に生産されたことから,ペーズリーの名がカシミア・ショールの代名詞となり,さらにカシミア・ショールに最も多いデザインである勾玉形の植物文様をペーズリーと呼ぶようになった。この植物文様の起源は,一般に西アジアに古くからある〈生命の樹〉に由来するとみなされているが,カシミール地方においては糸杉をデザインしたものと考えられている。…

※「カシミア・ショール」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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