Tenugui (Ichimatsu)Description"Ichimatsu Moyou ()", the checkered pattern is a design that alternates between two colors of squares or rectangles. Originally referred to as stone paving or hail, this pattern dates back to the Kofun period (250 538 AD), where it was even found on the clothing patterns of clay figurines called "haniwa". During the mid Edo period, the kabuki actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu (1722 1762) popularized the pattern by wearing hakama (traditional