Japanese Noren 'Umikaze' Solar lantern Light enough for a long

Light enough for a long day on your feet

The lucky cat unrolling a scroll of good wishes

On a deep indigo leaf patterned with fine traditional textile motifs

the festival drum reading as a wish for joyful

open jaws — while the body is textured with row upon row of scales that continue around the full circle

Japanese Noren 'Umikaze' Solar lantern Light enough for a longThe noren scattered with indigo waves on cream This noren is a split doorway curtain printed with rows of small, stylized breaking waves in indigo blue across a soft cream ground. The crests curl and scatter in the ukiyo e manner, repeated lightly over the panel so the whole thing reads calm and airy rather than busy. Up close the little crests vary just enough to keep the repeat from feeling mechanical. A noren is the traditional Japanese fabric