Edo-Style Screens or Blinds - Traditional Technology and Design That Match to Modern Lifestyles

Edo-Style Screens or Blinds (Edo Sudare) - Traditional Bamboo Craft Design That Match Modern Lifestyles
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The products made by Yoshihiro Tanaka and Kotaro Tanaka, father-son traditional craftsmen of Tokyo

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Traditional Technologies and Techniques

1. When making Edo Sudare (slatted blinds) from bamboo, the staves are split into slats along the grain using a chopper. After cutting the bamboo into big pieces, its sheath is stripped. A small knife is then used to section the slats into small pieces and shave them down.

2. When making Edo Sudare (slatted blinds) from reeds, Japanese clover, bulrushes, cudweed or Iyo Bamboo, thought is given to the product to be produced. Work is then carried out in matching up the materials based on their thickness, whether they come from the tip, the center or the base of the plants being used.
3. The weaving of materials into blinds is conducted after any individual material traits have been corrected. In order that balance is maintained between the left and right of a blind, materials from the tip and root of the plants (materials of different thicknesses) are alternated and woven in. The methods of weaving used include a single strand weave, a double strand weave, a parallel weave, a tortoiseshell weave and pattern weaves, etc.
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