Scale Pattern, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Scale pattern (uroko) was used as a talisman to ward off bad luck since it's originally associated with snakes and butterflies that shed its skin or chrysalis. While this pattern is related to regeneration, it is also simply a triangle pattern as well., Japan, late 18th - mid 19th century, textile designs, Katagami, Katagami