and so , as you stand back you see this kind of floral pattern 花の模様をかたどっていますが
like couple plates , or mugs , brightly colored , with a floral pattern ... ペアの お皿とか マグカップとかで 明るい 色使いで お花柄とかが...
the engishiki (codes and procedures on national rites and prayers ) stipulated size standards for earthenware , such as the diameter of owan (large soup bowls ) as 289mm , nakawan (medium-sized soup bowls ) as 212mm , showan (small soup bowls ) as 182mm , kaban (plates with a floral pattern with legs ) as 167mm and hanagataenbai as 91mm . 延喜式には、大椀（径9.5寸）・中椀（径7寸）・小椀（径6寸）・花盤（径5.5寸）・花形塩杯（径3寸）などの規格が定められていた。
the designs worn by retired emperors and imperial princes were ' hachiyogiku ' (eight leaved chrysanthemum ), ' rindo karakusa ' (gentian floral pattern ), ' kumo tatewaku ' (vertical seething clouds , this design was previously also used by regents and the father of the imperial advisor but now only worn by imperial princes ), and many kuge wore ' yato maru ' (eight wisteria circle ), young men wore ' fusecho no maru ' (prostrated butterfly circle ) on a tortoise shell patterned fabric , boys wore designs including ' toridasuki ' (interlocking circular units comprising eight stylized birds around a central floral diamond ) while there were also cases in which a family would use a particular design . 文様は、（近世以降天皇は指貫を穿かなくなった）上皇や親王は「八葉菊」「竜胆唐草」「雲立涌」（雲立涌はかつて摂政や太閤も使ったが、現代の親王は雲立涌のみ）、公卿に多かったのは「八藤丸」で、少年は「亀甲地紋に臥蝶丸」若年者は「鳥襷」なども使った他、一族で固有の文様を使う場合もあった。
