About Sudare
About Sudare
Sudare (jp: 簾, hiragana すだれ) are screens or blinds. They are sometimes called misu as well. Sudare were made of slats of decorative wood, bamboo, or other natural material woven together with simple string, coloured yarn, or other decorative material to make nearly solid blinds. They could be either rolled or folded up out of the way.
Sudare are used in many Japanese homes to 
shield the verandah and other openings of the building from sunlight, 
rain, and insects. They are normally put up in spring and taken down 
again in autumn. Their light structure allows breezes to pass through, a
 benefit in the hot Japanese summers. Since the building materials are 
easy to find, sudare can be made cheaply. Modern sudare are mostly made 
in China.
Elaborate sudare for palaces and villas used 
high-quality bamboo, with expensive silk and gold embroidery worked in. 
Sometimes they featured paintings, most often on the inside; some 
Chinese screens had symbols painted on the outside as well.
Sudare protect the inhabitants of the building
 not only from the elements, but also from the eyes of outsiders. They 
are featured prominently in The Tale of Genji (jp: Genji monogatari). 
During the Heian Era, a court lady would conceal herself behind a screen
 when speaking with a man outside her immediate family. She could peep 
through it and see her interlocutor, but because he had to remain at a 
distance from it, he could not see her. Only with her permission might 
he step closer and only she would ever raise the screen. Any unwarranted
 moves on the man's part were seen as a grave breach of etiquette and a 
threat against the lady's modesty and purity.
Sudare were also used in imperial audiences. 
Since looking directly at the tenn? ("heavenly ruler") was forbidden, he
 would sit hidden behind a screen in the throne hall, with only his 
shoes showing. This practice fell out of use as imperial power declined.
With the dawn of modernity, the production of 
sudare went into decline and became a traditional handicraft, but they 
still are sold and shipped abroad by various companies.
Omakase Factory
http://www.omakase-factory.org/
 
 
 
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