minchou shitate 明朝仕立
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A type of mounting for a hanging scroll (*kakemono 掛物). A minchou 明朝 is an edging or border attached to the outside edges of the right and left vertical strips (hashira 柱 or heri 縁 ) of mounting. The minchou style is used for the semi-formal (douhoe 幢ほえ) *mikiri hyougu 見切表具 mounting. A variation occurs when the left and right hashira extend into the area of the upper and lower fabrics, *jouge 上下, thus running vertically along the outside edges of the mounting from top to bottom. This variation is called a futominchoou shitate 太明朝仕立. When this mounting is narrow, it is called a renshitate 聯仕立. When the jouge and the right and left hashira are the same color, a hosomi 細見(hosogane 細金), a thin 1.5-2.1miliimeter wide thread or line, is inserted between sections. There are also cases when hosomi are inserted even when the sections are different colors. When the mounting contains a wide hashira, a thin minchou may be used.
 
 

 
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