Historical Indonesian & Javanese Batik Designs & Patterns

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2007-07-30T06:50:00.000-07:00

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Batik Java Hokokai 2

2007-05-16T00:49:00.000-07:00

Word of Hokokai is took from japanese word. It is because the Hokokai motif was designed when Japan was colonising Indonesia on arround 1940. Now, batik Java Hokokai appears with many motifs. See another version of batik Java Hokokai.

Eliza van Zuylen's Woman Batik Sarong Design

2007-05-03T20:54:00.000-07:00

This batik design was made by Eliza van Zuylen. Eliza van Zuylen lived in Indonesia arround 1863 – 1947 when Dutch were colonizing Indonesia.

Batik Pattern: Kawung

2007-04-26T18:03:00.000-07:00

Kawung is a simple batik pattern from java. White circle on the dark brown background.

Javanese Batik: Dragon Style

2007-04-20T01:56:00.000-07:00

Traditional Yogyakarta Pattern: Parang Rusak

2007-04-17T01:03:00.000-07:00

Parang Rusak (english: defective big knife) is a traditional batik pattern from Yogyakarta. It is visualized as many defective parang (big knife) with diagonally format. Yogyakarta batikers used to colorize it in brown & white.

Art Links

2007-04-10T01:48:00.000-07:00

Batik Jawa Baru (New Java)

2007-04-01T23:03:00.000-07:00

Batik Garuda (Eagle)

2007-03-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

Here is batik using motif: Garuda (Eagle).

Batik Java Hokokai Full

2007-03-22T03:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a full picture of Batik Java Hokokai, like described on the post before: Batik Java Hokokai.

Batik Motif: Terang Bulan

2007-03-20T03:24:00.000-07:00

Terang Bulan is a finely handpainted old motif batik.
Motif year: 1945