Asanoha麻の葉
hemp leaf
A six-pointed star built from hemp leaves. Hemp grows fast and straight and asks for almost nothing, and before cotton arrived it was what ordinary clothes were made of. So it went on babies and children — grow like this. It's an aggregate of triangles, and the triangle turns away evil, which doesn't hurt either. You'll find it on Buddhist statuary from the Heian period onward.
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At a glance
- Pattern Asanoha
- Subtitle 麻の葉
- Means hemp leaf
- First use Heian period
- Signifies healthy growth
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