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sliding paper Door Instrument Due to westernization of the way of living, folding screens are hardly used
Japan Korea Network Art in Japan today. However, it must be convenient to use them, because they
are capable of forming various spaces. Folding screens not only adorn the
Director: keigo Yamamoto. Performer: Nami Hattori.
room but also partition any space easily, and it is characteristic of them to
have mobility that they can be folded and carried.
Learn from pictures on partitions and folding screen illustrations. From There are approximately 100 pieces of existent Rakuchu [kyoto central area]
the Muromachi Period (1338-1573) to Azuchi - Momoyama period (1573- -rakuhoku [kyoto northern area]-zu folding screen illustrations which depict
1600), pictures on partitions that are drawn on the sliding paper doors, views of kyoto as they change from season to season. Chateaus of a general,
wall papers, or walls in Japanese style rooms were all the rage. mansions of a feudal lord, shrines and temples, and various life styles there
are drawn in them, with the central area and suburbs of kyoto in the view.
Folding rage: Folding screens with genres also comprised the living
space in those rooms. The big space comprised by such pictures on There is also a double-screen which represents the city pf kyoto
partitions and folding gave me a hint which was able to be applied to a panoramically in opposite two screens. For example, the facing screens
sliding paper door instrument. in pairs together compose a space, one screen manly depicting kamigyo
ward in kyoto, and the other screen manly depicting Simogyo ward in
sLIDINg pApER DooR INsTRUMENT, THE SLIDINg PAPER DOOR AND THE FLOOR kyoto. There pictures on wall papers in those periods very much equal
ARE ATTACHED wITH A SENSOR, AND vARIOUS SOUND IS PRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE wITH to today’s ”360-degree panorama expression” which in all the directions.
THE “POSE” AND “BREATH” OF DANCE OF THE PERFORMER.
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