Specifications:
Item: 0222Sc
Title: Machiya Summer Rain on Rooftops
Size: 17 3/4 inches wide by 48 inches high including tabs. Ready to hang--natural bamboo rod included.
Description: Deep navy blue tile rooftops with white buildings. Orange, lavender and golden brown umbrellas. On medium blue background. Swirled patterned blues and navy border.
History: In, 1477, when civil war had laid waste to Kyoto, the former "chessboard city" of nobles' estates gave way to a new kind of architecture called machiya. Machiya, or townhouses, were the homes of the townsfolk, a new class of craftsmen who manufactured all manner of goods, and the merchants who sold them. Built of wood and paper with tile roofs, they were both home and workshop for the families who lived there. Streets lined with machiya formed whole neighborhoods that gave Kyoto its unique charm. During festivals, one could follow the progress of parade floats carried down the streets as their tops would soar above the rooftops that were all built of uniform height. Unfortunately, as land prices began to soar in modern day Kyoto, many of these neighborhoods were lost, but in recent years a movement to save the traditional machiya has meant more of them being preserved as restaurants and art galleries. In this bird's eye view of one such neighborhood, a light summer rain falls on the rooftops as colorful umbrellas mushroom on the street below.
Our scroll size wall Hangings (long and narrow) are made from printed 100% cotton fabric panels, tenugui (printed cotton 'towels') or a noren (doorway curtain). They are machine quilted, hand-guided, using two layers of low loft polyester batting to provide added depth and dimension. Sizes listed under each item are approximate. For the width, the panel size itself is measured not the rod (which extends an inch or so past the panel on each side)--and the length is measured from the top of the tabs to the bottom of the panel.
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