The Amime pattern is a repeating series of ovals, whose tailends resemble brackets stuck together to make a pattern like fancy chicken wire. Some resemble more of a wavy line. The pattern therefore is said to resemble mesh which finds its origins in fishing and hunting nets and recommended to be worn in summer.[1] The pattern is said to take its name from the space between the lines of fishing netting.[2] This ties in with the phrase 'Ichimou Daijin' meaning to always have a large catch, or to be victorious in your fishing pursuits.[4]
Historically Amime can be found in the Edo period, combined with fish motifs by Heimin/Shomin. This idea comes from the popular Edo retelling of how the Boddhisattva Kannon made the area today, Asakusa into a bountiful fishing settlement. On 18 March 628, the fishermen brothers Hinokuma Hamanari and Takenari had a statue of Kannon get stuck in their fishing net. The statue repeatedly got stuck in their net, and was eventually given over to Buddhists, which is now where Sensoji Temple stands. It was was said the area flourished and by the 9th century, was a highly prosperous fishing and pilgrimage site. By the Edo period with the new Tokugawa shogunate move to the Eastern capital of Edo, the legend took on new significance and became more popular, becoming affiliated with the Amime pattern and worn as a popular Yukata pattern.[3][4] Common motifs worn in the 18th and 19th centuries included fish, Ebi ( 海老 | Shrimp), Tako ( 蛸 | Octopus) to contrast the back and foreground.[5] It was used by samurai as it was thought to allow the wearer a guaranteed victory or catch.[1] Certainly by the Taisho era, Amime continues with Tobiuo ( 飛魚 | flying fish) motifs as popular fashion that I can recall seeing around online.
Patterns #9 will be on Higaki.
Bibliography
[1] https://int.kateigaho.com/articles/tradition/patterns-13/
[2] https://www.vamakitchens.net/products/amime
[3] https://uk.hotels.com/go/japan/senso-ji-temple
[4] https://www.kimono-gara.com/season/natsu/amine/
[5] https://www.kimono-kyoto.jp/mt/archives/2008/02/post_119.html
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