The sayagata (Japanese: 紗綾形) pattern is traditional East Asian decorative motif. It is made up of interlocking swastikas forming a tessellation of H-shaped figures.
History The pattern may have originated in Ancient India and was introduced to Japan by way of textiles imported from Ming China in the late 16th century. In a 1964 lecture titled The Regular Division of the Plane, M. C. Escher used sayagata as an example of a space-filling design, describing it simply as "a very well known Japanese pattern". Sayagata is also featured in Escher's print series of the same name.
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