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Japanese geometric designs: hemp leaf, tortoiseshell, arrow feather in three styles

Japanese geometrics — A six-pointed star lattice built from straight lines, each star sharing its arms with the next so the field becomes one continuous frame, the lines even in weight, the ground reading as a mesh of small triangles., stencil-dyed cotton, a fine cut paper stencil over an indigo ground

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Reading 1Hemp leaf
Reading 2Tortoiseshell
Reading 3Arrow feather

Japan's stock geometric grounds each carry a name and a wish: hemp leaf for a child's fast growth, tortoiseshell for long life, arrow feather for a bride who will not come back. These nine carry hemp leaf, tortoiseshell and arrow feather through asanoha lattice, hexagon repeat and fletching stripe. Ask for a different named ground and the same three grid styles carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each design is drawn as a seamless repeat at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4 or a fabric swatch.
Can I ask for a different named ground?
Yes — the direction field takes any named Japanese geometric ground you name, and the same three styles render it.
What's the difference between the three styles?
The hemp-leaf style shows asanoha's interlocking star lattice; the tortoiseshell style is the hexagon-tiled kikko ground; the arrow-feather style renders yagasuri's fletching stripe.
Is this respectful of real Japanese textile tradition?
The set draws on named Japanese geometric ground patterns as a style reference for a generated print, not a reproduction of any specific weaver's or workshop's cloth, and not a claim to be hand-dyed or hand-woven textile.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.