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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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