長寿縁起の良い亀の甲羅を小花で繋ぎ合わせた紋様。錐粒の大小を駆使した表現技法で紋様を立体的に見せる工夫が凝らされています。

Here we have hexagons linked with small flowers.
High stan- dard craftwork performed by molded carving tools produces cubic effects on the pattern.
The hexagon shapes evoke the pattern of a turtle shell, a creature which was believed to live to ten thousand years of age in ancient Japan.