Karahanabishi

...It is mainly used as a continuous pattern, such as diamond-shaped connections, or as a sash pattern based on diagonal lines. Examples include Karahanabishi, a diamond design of a nonexistent flower popular in the Tang Dynasty of China; Saiwaibishi, a type of court pattern in which 4 to 20 flower diamonds make up one large diamond; Shigebishi, a diamond pattern used mainly in textiles and other background patterns in which diamonds are lined up next to each other; Toobishi, a diamond pattern with diamonds spaced apart; Takedabishi, a diamond pattern divided into four parts and used by the Takeda clan of Kai; Irekobishi, a diamond pattern with smaller diamonds placed inside each other; Hishidasuki, a diamond pattern with small diamonds arranged in a sash; and Toridasuki, a bird pattern arranged in a sash with Chinese flowers placed between them. Diamond lattices were often used for the partitions between the inner and outer sanctuaries of medieval esoteric Buddhist temples, and the kogin and hishizashi styles of the Aomori and Akita regions are characterized by their diamond-linked patterns.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Karahanabishi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…おもに連続文として菱繫（ひしつな）ぎや，斜線を基本として文様化した襷文（たすきもん）として用いられる。中国唐朝で好まれた実在しない花を菱形にデザインした唐花菱，有職文（ゆうそくもん）の一つで4から20の花菱で一つの大きな菱を構成する幸菱（さいわいびし），おもに織物などの地文に用いられ菱文が隣接して並ぶ繁菱（しげびし），間隔をおいて並ぶ遠菱（とおびし），菱を4等分した割菱で甲斐武田氏が用いた武田菱（たけだびし），菱形の中に順次小さな菱を入れてゆく入子菱（いれこびし），小さい菱形をたすき状に並べた菱襷（ひしだすき），鳥文（とりもん）をたすき状に並べ間に唐花（からはな）を置いた鳥襷（とりだすき）などがある。中世の密教寺院の内陣･外陣の間仕切りには菱格子が多く用いられ，また青森，秋田地方のこぎん，菱刺しは菱繫ぎ文様に特色がある。…

※「唐花菱」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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