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Lit. cloud design. A broad classification of the various designs used to represent clouds. It is known throughout Asia, and after water designs forms the most frequently employed design. It entered Japan through China in the Nara period, when the design was characterized by long trailing tails, known as the tenpyoumon “V•½•Ά. It was often combined with designs of good fortune *kisshoumon ‹gΛ•Ά, such as the phoenix *houou –P™€, *kirin κi—Ω, or dragon *ryuu —΄. In the Heian period many types pf unmon belonging to the category of ancient court designs known as *yuusoku mon'you —LE•Ά—l were developed, including; boiling clouds kumotatewaku ‰_—§—N, moving clouds unkyorai ‰_‹Ž—ˆ, and auspicious cloudszuiun ‰_, rain clouds amegumo ‰J‰_, and ascending clouds noborigumo γ‰_. From the middle ages the misumon Œδ—ϊ•Ά was used in the applied arts and picture scrolls *emaki ŠGŠͺ to obscure portions of a depicted landscape or building, thus lending the scene a distinct atmosphere. Later, more complicated reishiun —μŽΕ‰_ were introduced to Japan as Chinese textiles. In the Edo period , pictures or patterns were sometimes divided into cloud-shaped areas arranged upon a larger picture. This practice was known as kumotori ‰_Žζ or kasumitori ‰ΰŽζ and was used especially for dyed fabrics.
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