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Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
ese fabric
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not ...
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. are rectangular and come in many different materials, sizes, colours, and patterns.
Homes
were originally used to protect a house from wind, dust, and rain, as well as to keep a house warm on cold days and to provide shade on hot summer days. They can also be used for decorative purposes or for dividing a room into two separate spaces.Businesses
Exterior are traditionally used by shops and restaurants as a means of protection from sun, wind, anddust
Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in ...
, and for displaying a shop's name or logo
A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name it represents as in a wo ...
. Names are often Japanese characters, especially kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequ ...
, but may be emblems, Japanese rebus monograms, or abstract designs. designs are generally traditional to complement their association with traditional establishments, but modern designs also exist. Interior are often used to separate dining areas from kitchens or other preparation areas, which also prevents smoke or smells from escaping.
Because a often features the shop name or logo, the word in Japanese may also refer to a company's brand value. Most notably, in Japanese accounting, the word is used to describe the goodwill of a company after an acquisition.
(commercial bathhouses) also place across their entrances with the kanji or the corresponding hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contras ...
, typically blue in color for men and red for women. 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.
See also
*Curtain
A curtain is a piece of cloth
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* Portière
A portière is a hanging curtain placed over a door or over the doorless entrance to a room. Its name is derived from the word for door in french: porte.
History
From Asia, it came to Europe at a remote date. It is known to have been in use i ...
(insulating door curtain)
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References
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* Furnishings Partitions in traditional Japanese architecture Japanese words and phrases {{Japan-art-stub