BLUE SEA WAVE BICYCLE TRUMP IN ROUND PLAYING CARDS

[Maruni Seigaiha] Ripples/The Aomi wave pattern was popular during the Edo period. This design was devised by Kanshichi AOMI, a lacquer craftsman in the Genroku era. Seikai-nami is the name of a piece of gagaku (ancient Japanese court dance and music), because he wears a ho (outer robe) of shitagasane (a kind of costume) with a pattern of Sekai-nami (Blue Sea wave) when he dances. It was a continuous pattern of waves like a four-part vortex, but during the Bunroku era, Kanshichi AOMI spread this pattern especially. (Source: "Kamon Hyakuwa (100 Family Crests)" by Kiji NIWA / This design was drawn based on the book (2013/5/3).