Arrow feather text - Yabanemon

Japanese: 矢羽根文 - やばねもん

A continuous pattern of wide V-shapes. Arrow feather shapes are inverted every other time and arranged side by side in stripes. The original form was Yahazu Kasuri, which is made by shifting the warp threads of Kasuri to form a V shape, and is also called Yagasuri. Realistic arrow feather patterns can be found in simple Oribe pottery from the Momoyama period, and Yabusuma patterns, in which the arrow shafts are exposed halfway and arranged side by side, can be seen on the Paulownia Arrow Sliding Door Pattern Tsujigahana Dyeing Dofuku. Family crests include lined up arrows, intersecting arrows, four arrows, six arrow wheels, and intersecting kabura arrows. [Ichijo Kaoru]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

幅の広いV字形の連続文。矢羽根形を一つおきに反転させ縞状に並列させたもの。絣（かすり）の経（たて）糸がV字にずれてできる矢筈（やはず）絣が原形で矢絣ともいう。写実的な矢羽根文には桃山時代の織部陶に素朴なものがあり，また簳（やがら）(矢柄)も半ばまであらわし並列させる矢襖（やぶすま）文が〈桐矢襖模様辻が花染胴服〉に見られる。家紋に並び矢，入違い矢，四つ矢，六つ矢車，違い鏑矢（かぶらや）などがある。【一条薫】

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