3/18/2005

NOREN Door Curtains

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Noren, Door Curtains のれん ノレン 暖簾
They have been used since the Heian period.



A detail of this Daruma is here:
My Photo Album Daruma


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Originally "noren" is a shop curtain which is hung in shop and restaurant doorways to show that they are open for business.
However, nowadays it is also used as a home decor, and also as a blindfold substitute.To hang on the wall, put a rod into the through hole of the upper part. There is a slit in the center of the noren, so people can pass through easily.
Typical Japanese motifs are printed on noren.

. shinise 老舗 a long-established store .
and proverbs with their cherished NOREN !


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http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/page2.html

Read also about one circle Daruma, Ensoo Daruma
http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2004/10/ippitsu-and-ensoo-one-stroke-one.html


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To buy a Noren online, look here at a HUGE selection.

http://www.jlifeinternational.com/houseitems/noren/noren_e.html

http://www.japangiftsseito.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=JNAGI&Category_Code=N

A German Noren Shop
http://www.klang-stille.de/shopv4/lshop,showrub,200203gb,,,1014907070.1098980034,,,,.htm

Japanese Noren from Yokohama
Quite a superb collection !

For a bathroom, the letter yu ゆ means warm water. This one is embroidered by hand.
http://www.totaco.jp/noren/

More Bathroom Noren:
http://www.totaco.jp/noren/html/shopin2.html
Noren for a hot spring, with the special sign
http://www.norenya.jp/noren/spa/index.html

Great collections of Noren for Bathhouses and hot springs !
http://jamila.cross.ne.jp/sento/noren/noren.html
http://www.cow-soap.co.jp/momo/noren/index.html



http://www.totaco.jp/noren/html/shopin.html#takumi


Different seasons, different colors
色:
春SPRING
は、すがすがしい感じ新緑の季節でグリーン系さくら色などが合います。

夏SUMMERは、暑いので涼しげな色で演出すると効果的です。青系水色系が似合います。

秋AUTUMNは、紅葉の季節、橙色黄色ブラウン系が似合います。

冬WINTERは、そのまま季節を演出するならば、生成り色グレー系の色などが良いですが、夏の演出とは逆に暖かい風合いの暖色系を使ってみるのも安らぎます。

また、For all seasons 季節を問わず藍色は落ち着いた雰囲気をだしますので和洋どんなお部屋にもお勧めです。
Look at the chart at the end of this link:
http://www.totaco.jp/noren/html/noren_qa.html#kisetu


Noren by Tsuchimura san
辻村寿三郎(つじむら・じゅさぶろう)
http://www.totaco.jp/noren/daik/daik1.html

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Daruma Atami Restaurant

source : だるま@熱海
静岡県熱海市田原本町7.5


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Another Japanese Noren Store
http://www.shikisai.jp/

Many Pictures of Noren in front of Stores



Noren at the entrance of an artist's room. Gakuya Noren



For the bathroom entry



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source : store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/kameya/



. . . CLICK here for DARUMA NOREN Photos !

. . . CLICK here for 達磨暖簾 / だるま暖簾 Photos !


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浮世絵 ukiyo-e on noren


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Door Curtain for a Man, Otoko no Noren




Read more about the fundoshi here:
褌の話

Fundoshi and Fudo Myo-O



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H A I K U


kigo for all summer

natsu noren 夏暖簾 (なつのれん) noren for summer
asa noren 麻暖簾(あさのれん) noren made from hemp cloth



夏のれん宅配便の女声
natsu noren takuhaibin no onna koe

summer door curtain ...
the female voice of the
delivery service person


Koike Makijo 小池槇女


many Japanese "Natsu Noren" haiku
http://www.haisi.com/saijiki/natunoren.htm


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出雲そばのれんの内の国訛り    
Izumo soba noren no uchi no kuni namari

Izumo buckwheat noodles ...
behind the store curtain
they speak local dialect


Aoto Koyama 青戸湖山


WASHOKU
Izumo Buckwheat Noodles
 

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Door curtains in Katsuyama
Izumo Kaido, Old Road to Izumo



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2 comments:

Gabi Greve - Basho archives said...

Matsuo Basho
for Shiba Sonome 斯波園女

暖簾の奥ものふかし北の梅
nooren no oku monofukashi kita no ume

beyond the curtain
a quiet depth -
northern plum blossoms

Tr. Shirane

MORE about Sonome

Gabi Greve - Buson said...

Yosa Buson

つと入りや 納戸の暖簾ゆかしさよ
tsuto-iri ya nando no noren yukashisa yo

forced home visit -
the door curtain in front of the store room
invites me to peek in
Tr. Gabi Greve

Usually there are no door curtains in front of storage rooms, so the curiosity of Buson is stirred.

.tsuto-iri