Camellia is a popular fall and early winter flower in Japanese motifs. This stencil features both camellia and frilled nadeshiko. Sometimes flowers from other seasons are added to motifs to make the garment multi-seasonal. Since nadeshiko blooms in the early spring, and camellia blooms in the later fall, a garment dyed with this motif would be fashionable for quite a long part of the year.
This stencil was used for surizome, and it either had a blue pigment or indigo used for its colorant. The blue is so bright I wonder if it was a mineral pigment instead of indigo, but I can’t be certain.
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