# Flowing water

流水 ryūsui

![Flowing water](https://www.furoshiki.com/swatches/ryusui.svg)

Purity and renewal; water that washes away hardship; one of the key auspicious motifs

Ancient Japan (S-line precursors on Yayoi pottery; 7th-century Tachibana shrine at Hōryūji); widespread on Edo-period kosode

One of Japan's oldest designs (S-line precursors on Yayoi pottery, on the 7th-c. Tachibana shrine at Hōryūji); in the Edo period it ran through kosode as a background linking landscapes, bridges and flowers.

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Source: https://www.furoshiki.com/patterns/ryusui/