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＜Bamboo and Wood＞
房州うちわ
BOSHU Uchiwa
房州(千葉県房州半島南部)は、江戸時代まではうちわの材料である竹の産地でしたが、明治になってからは生産を始め、日本三大うちわの一つと言われるまでになりました。房州で採れるしなやかな女竹一本から48～64等分に割いた骨を、糸で編んで作る美しい「窓」に加え、骨と一体になった「丸柄」が魅力です。表紙には和紙以外に布生地なども使われ、21もの工程を経て緻密に丁寧に作られています。
Bōshū (the southern part of the Bōshū Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture) was
a bamboo-producing region, providing materials for uchiwa fans until the Edo period, but the production of uchiwa fans began in the Meiji period, and the
region has become one of the three major uchiwa-producing regions in
Japan. In addition to the beautiful "windows" made by weaving thread
around the bones of a single stalk of flexible simon bamboo harvested in Boshu, which is split into 48 to 64 equal parts, the appeal of these fans lies in the "round pattern" that is integrated with the bones. The fan covers are made using fabric and other materials in addition to washi paper, and are
meticulously and carefully made through 21 processes.