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Apr. 22nd, 2009 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akujunkanIs of:
my zabuton. Earlier TPics have explained the etymology of "futon"; a zabuton is a "lump of cloth for sitting", and is the traditional style of Japanese chair.
These days zabuton are usually sold in sets of five, and are primarily used in traditional tatami mat rooms. This particular futon, however, was handmade by another mom and pop bedding outfit a few minutes' walk from my Rectangle. It was the only one on the cart (although they've since added another, so it's possible I might eventually be able to assemble a set of five) and the shopkeep was so flustered to be selling it to A Foreigner (what is it with bedding store proprietors and yours truly?) that she offered to knock 60 yen off the price but actually gave it to me for 160 off.
Ironically, although I bought it in part so that I'd have enough seating in the Rectangle to host two visitors simultaneously, I've not had two simultaneous visitors since. Thus, I usually use it to prop up my feet while I sit in my tataimi-isu.
That will be all.
my zabuton. Earlier TPics have explained the etymology of "futon"; a zabuton is a "lump of cloth for sitting", and is the traditional style of Japanese chair.
These days zabuton are usually sold in sets of five, and are primarily used in traditional tatami mat rooms. This particular futon, however, was handmade by another mom and pop bedding outfit a few minutes' walk from my Rectangle. It was the only one on the cart (although they've since added another, so it's possible I might eventually be able to assemble a set of five) and the shopkeep was so flustered to be selling it to A Foreigner (what is it with bedding store proprietors and yours truly?) that she offered to knock 60 yen off the price but actually gave it to me for 160 off.
Ironically, although I bought it in part so that I'd have enough seating in the Rectangle to host two visitors simultaneously, I've not had two simultaneous visitors since. Thus, I usually use it to prop up my feet while I sit in my tataimi-isu.
That will be all.