The ORIGIN of the Tatami
Tatami as futons come from Japan and have been used as a floor covering 2500 years. The dwellings of the samurai were generally small wooden building. At the main entrance there was a shelter here had to be pulled out shoes and outdoor clothing before entering. The floors were covered with rice mats and tatami mats. Each room had such a size that a specific number of Tatami in the original dimensions 90x180 cm could be completely covered.
The Properties of the Tatami
Japanese Tatami are environmentally friendly, since they are made from natural materials only. Tatami are made of rice stalks bound together with a fine woven from reeds surface. The plant material of the Tatami takes CO ² and absorbs it. This effect is greatest, as long as the plant tissue is not quite dead yet and a green tatami surface have the. Moving with the times, the colors yellow and brown shades over into. This aging process is not very strong as far as the mats wear have otherwise considered positively in Japan, because it testifies to the life and history of the tatami. Incidentally, in Japan in the tatami room sizes given for example 8 tatami room, 10 tatami room.
The ORIGIN of the Tatami Tatami as futons come from Japan and have been used as a floor covering 2500 years. The dwellings of the samurai were generally small wooden building....
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The ORIGIN of the Tatami
Tatami as futons come from Japan and have been used as a floor covering 2500 years. The dwellings of the samurai were generally small wooden building. At the main entrance there was a shelter here had to be pulled out shoes and outdoor clothing before entering. The floors were covered with rice mats and tatami mats. Each room had such a size that a specific number of Tatami in the original dimensions 90x180 cm could be completely covered.
The Properties of the Tatami
Japanese Tatami are environmentally friendly, since they are made from natural materials only. Tatami are made of rice stalks bound together with a fine woven from reeds surface. The plant material of the Tatami takes CO ² and absorbs it. This effect is greatest, as long as the plant tissue is not quite dead yet and a green tatami surface have the. Moving with the times, the colors yellow and brown shades over into. This aging process is not very strong as far as the mats wear have otherwise considered positively in Japan, because it testifies to the life and history of the tatami. Incidentally, in Japan in the tatami room sizes given for example 8 tatami room, 10 tatami room.
