02 Japanese Culture

Ainu Pattern アイヌ文様

The Ainu pattern is characterized by its elaborate and geometric design with a natural motif. The people of Ainu, who used to live by collecting seafood and mountain products, worshiped everything in nature as “Kamui”, God. They have incorporated natural motifs into the patterns not realistically but in an abstract way because of the awe of nature.

アイヌ文様は、緻密で幾何学的なデザインが特徴で、自然をモチーフにしています。海や山の幸を集めて暮らしてきたアイヌの人々は、自然界のすべてのものを「カムイ(神)」と崇めてきました。自然への畏敬の念から、写実的ではなく抽象化して文様に取り入れてきました。

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