Osaka Kongou Sudare

Tondabayashi City and environs, Osaka Prefecture

The origin of Osaka-kongo-sudare is believed to date back to the Asuka and Nara period Once misu blinds (sudare with borders) were used for the shogun and feudal lords as a symbolic decoration of authority while at present it is hung in Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples as well as the Imperial Palace Sudare blinds were for use in common homes, and have become an indispensable furnishing for summertime. The production center was established here toward the end of Edo period Sudare made of thin squared strips of bamboo reveals the Japanese sense of esthetics.