D Octopus Scroll Landscape Flower Vase Bucket, Flower Bucket, Vase, Ceramic, Bucket-shaped Container, Antique, Ornament. This is a used item. There are scratches, etc. Please check the photos and purchase. Octopus Scroll Pattern (Takokarakusa Moyo) Leaves are simplified and drawn on the outside of the swirling vines. It is popularly called the octopus scroll pattern because it resembles the suction cups of an octopus's legs. Octopus scroll appeared in Imari ware from the mid to late 17th century. In Arita Sarayama, it was drawn as a border pattern on plates from the mid-Edo period, and it is drawn on the shoulders of vases, the entire body of tokkuri (sake bottles), and choko (small sake cups). A pattern in which abstract leaf patterns are attached to one side of the swirling arabesque. It is said to have been transmitted in the Kamakura period, and the shape of this arabesque pattern with leaves looks like the legs of an octopus, hence the name "Octopus Scroll". This octopus scroll pattern became popular in the mid-Edo period, and many vessels with this octopus scroll pattern were made in Imari ware, which was made in Hizen Province, centered on Saga Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture at the time. Octopus scroll became widely known along with the popularity of Imari ware. As time goes on, the swirls and leaf patterns drawn on Imari ware seem to become larger, and the older the piece, the more detailed the octopus scroll is. Search Kiyomizu-yaki Ichiraku Yamamoto Ko-Imari Imari Shigaraki-yaki Kutani-yaki Arita-yaki Mashiko-yaki Mino-yaki Seto-yaki Karatsu-yaki Banko-yaki Tobe-yaki Old items Dishes Meiji Taisho Edo Yaeimon-saku Kouhou-saku Tetsuzan Seiho-saku Rare Vintage Edo period Antique Edo period Period dyed Valuable items