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"Noshi-mon (ribbon pattern)" is an original chiyogami design decorated with noshi. In ancient Japan, noshi were strips of dried abalone, a type of ocean shellfish. A homonym for a Japanese word meaning "extend" or "prolong," noshi came to symbolize a long life. There are red, black, and white versions available for download.
Chiyogami had its beginnings in Kyoto during the Edo period
(1603 - 1867). It began with flowers, birds, and other patterns
from nature, popular subjects in the Yuzen* patterns, drawn
onto Japanese paper. Such paper came to be printed using the woodblock
printing technology of Edo (present-day Tokyo), and incorporated
other patterns used in colored prints of the day. The paper soon
became popular throughout Japan.
*Yuzen: Japanese traditional dyeing technique that originated
in the 8th century created by painter Yuzen Miyazaki. |
