Re:Hokusai Moyo Gafu: an album of dyeing patterns
by srean on Monday June 09, 2025 @10:59AM
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I never knew Hokusai had interest in these.
Does anyone know if he had seen any Islamic tiling art ?
Or for that matter if Escher had seen any of his.
Group theory / symmetry runs deep through these. One [0] of the circular ones made me think of braid(group)s. Not sure what the * operator would be in that case.
Speaking of braid groups Richeson had a very interesting blog post on the braid like groups of maypole dances.
Let me find and submit separately (spoiling a Hokusai story with another story, no matter how interesting, would be a personal sacrilege). Found it [1][2].
Re:Hokusai Moyo Gafu: an album of dyeing patterns
by bradly on Monday June 09, 2025 @12:17PM
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About halfway through there is a pattern depicting birds behind a chain link fence that he did possibly the same year the chain link fence was invented in the United Kingdom.
Does anyone know if he had seen any Islamic tiling art ? Or for that matter if Escher had seen any of his.
Group theory / symmetry runs deep through these. One [0] of the circular ones made me think of braid(group)s. Not sure what the * operator would be in that case.
Speaking of braid groups Richeson had a very interesting blog post on the braid like groups of maypole dances.
Let me find and submit separately (spoiling a Hokusai story with another story, no matter how interesting, would be a personal sacrilege). Found it [1][2].
[0] https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1899550/1/10/
[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44225324
[2]https://divisbyzero.com/2009/05/04/the-maypole-braid-group/