Title |
Textile crafts, Japanese: Noren [003] |
Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
Photo Number |
Box 25, Japan, Noren, 4 |
Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1984 |
Subject |
Draperies--Japan--Photographs; Textile crafts--Japan--Photographs; Draperies |
Keywords |
Noren; Partitions |
Spatial Coverage |
Tsumago-juki (Japan) |
Description |
Photo shows a noren used at the entrance to a shop in the village of Tsumago, Japan |
Caption on Slide |
Noren and shopfront Village of Tsumago, Japan Alps Area |
Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. "Noren (暖簾) are traditional Japanese fabric dividers, hung between rooms, on walls, in doorways, or in windows. They usually have one or more vertical slits cut from the bottom to nearly the top of the fabric, allowing for easier passage or viewing. Noren are rectangular and come in many different materials, sizes, colors, and patterns. Noren are traditionally used by shops and restaurants as a means of protection from sun, wind, and dust, and for advertising space. Sentō (commercial bathhouses) also place noren across their entrances, typically blue in color for men and red for women with the kanji 湯 (yu, lit. hot water) or the corresponding hiragana ゆ. They are also hung in the front entrance to a shop to signify that the establishment is open for business, and they are always taken down at the end of the business day."--Wikipedia |
Type |
Image |
Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6g73wm7 |
Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
Setname |
uum_lctpc |
ID |
331111 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g73wm7 |