Noren The Great Wave  E-mail this product to a friend

Noren are traditional Japanese curtains, used to enhance any room or doorway. They are split in the middle so you can walk right through any entry easily while allowing the air and light to circulate in your room. This traditional Japanese Noren depicts the The Great Wave off Kanagawa, famous from a woodblock printing by Katsushika Hokusai in 1832. It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa with Mount Fuji seen in the background. The wave is intended to be a normal ocean wave created by the wind. Traditional of that time, Mount Fuji was always the focus of the composition, however, Hokusai cleverly inverted this formula and positioned a small Mount Fuji within the midst of a thundering seascape. Foundering among the great waves are three boats thought to be barges conveying fish from the southern islands of Edo (modern Tokyo). Thus a scene of everyday labor is grafted onto the seascape view of the mountain. This noren is is made in Japan of 100% cotton and has a closed top seam to insert a wooden or bamboo dowel for hanging. It measures 33" wide and 59" long.