nepros 3/8"sq. URUSHI Ratchet Handle (市松 ICHIMATSU)Ichimatsu Sanokawa I, a kabuki actor of the Edo period, wore hakama with a pattern of alternating white and dark blue squares, which became so popular that it became a kimono pattern, hence the name "checkerboard pattern. Thus, those that existed before the Edo period are called checkered patterns. In English, it is called checkerbord pattern from the checkered flag used in car races; in NASCAR, the checkered flag used in races is awarded to the