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Folk Art and Daruma from Okinawa
沖縄のだるまと民芸品
The Lady Daruma from Okinawa is also called
"Utchiri Kubusaa うっちりクブサー"
in the local dialect, meaning a "Roly-poly Daruma Doll".
Ryuukyuu hariko 琉球張子
Papermachee Dolls from Ryukyu
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金運 だるま シーサー
Daruma Shisa for luck with money
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Four red Darums Shisa
Two blue Daruma Shisa from 常明さん
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/shishitou7/m/200803
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Tee Shirt with Daruma-Shisa
ダルマシーサー/Tシャツ
source : folkcraft.samurai47.com
shiisaa シーサー enjoying life !
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. Okinawa Bingata .. colors and robes
沖縄紅型
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Bingata (Ryukyuan: 紅型, literally "Red Style")
is an Okinawan traditional resist dyed cloth, made using stencils and other methods. It is generally bright-colored and features various patterns, usually depicting natural subjects such as fish, water, and flowers. Bingata is worn during traditional Ryūkyū arts performances and historical reinactments.
Bingata dates from the Ryūkyū Kingdom period (c. 14th century), when the island of Okinawa experienced an influx of foreign goods and manufacturing techniques. It is believed to have developed as a synthesis of Indian, Chinese, and Javanese dying processes.
Bingata is a type of stencil dyed fabric originating from the island of Okinawa. The techniques used are thought to have originated in Southeast Asia (possibly Java, or perhaps China or India) and arrived in Okinawa through trade during the 14th century. The Ryukyu Kingdom "dominated trade between Korea, Japan, China, and the countries of Southeast Asia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries". The Okinawans borrowed the technique and created their own nature-inspired designs found throughout the island. The abundant flora and fauna have provided Okinawans with an endless supply of images to reproduce into the artwork called bingata.
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Food from Okinawa
. Bingata, 紅型 and Dragons of Asia
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Okinawa Pottery
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The famous Shiisaa who protect your property
沖縄 シーサー
Shīsā (シーサー) (Okinawan: siisaa)
(alternative spelling shishi or shisaa) is a traditional Ryukyuan decoration, often found in pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawa mythology. Many people put a pair of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses. Shisa are wards, believed to protect from various evils.
When found in pairs, the shisa on the left traditionally has a closed mouth, and the one on the right an open mouth. The open mouth to ward off evil spirits, and the closed mouth to keep good spirits in.
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The fabric of Okinawa design
By C.B. LIDDELL
at the Mingeikan (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum),
Bingata, which literally means "red style," refers to a kind of brightly-colored cloth — either silk or cotton — that is particularly associated with Okinawa. One of the agendas of the folk arts movement in Japan, and elsewhere, is to provide an organic, grassroots basis for national unity. By emphasizing Okinawa's links to Japan and being timed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the return of the island to Japan, this exhibition partly fulfils that role.
But the reason bingata has been such a prized part of Japanese folk arts was because of Okinawa's unique place as a cultural crossroads in touch with the wider world outside Japan. The former Ryukyu Kingdom's links with China and Southeast Asia gave it access to a rich variety of dyeing materials, such as cochineal and vermillion, which allowed the bingata tradition to develop.
The patterns also seem to bear out this foreign influence, with Chinese motifs happily juxtaposed with Japanese ones. One of the kimonos on display includes motifs of birds and flowers that one visitor assured me can't be found in mainland Japan. Bingata patterns are applied using a stencil technique and employing dye-resistant pastes. Traditionally the pastes are made from sweet rice and rice bran.
Some of the fabric of the exhibits on display has been damaged, and all of the items have presumably faded to some degree, as most of them date from the 19th century. Despite this, the vividness of the colors is still remarkable and the designs enchanting. These range from elaborate patterns of mingling birds and flowers to simpler designs.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120927a3.html
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