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Bishamon “Good Luck” Patterns

Bishamon is a deity of good fortune (one of seven deities) and this motif was taken from his armor and resembles

a tortoiseshell design. The hexagonal tortoiseshell design is said to have been taken from the armor of Bishamon, a

deity of good fortune. Maru-Bishamon is a version of this motif that incorporates curves lines, which is considered

even more auspicious.

Bishamon-Kikkō

Bishamon Tortoiseshell

Instructions • Actual size template

—pages 54 & 55

Example by Nanae Ishizuki

Maru-Bishamon

Round Bishamon

Instructions • Actual size

template —pages 56 & 57

Example by Chiyoko Nakazaki

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