A handmade full-length noren from our Moment Series, crafted from handwoven natural ramie fabric and dyed with plant-based color using a traditional katazome paste-resist process.
The Moment Series is inspired by Edo-period Japanese shopfront noren culture, when fabric curtains served as signage, shade, dust protection, visual privacy, and a soft marker between public and private space.
This piece captures the quiet pleasure of a simple Japanese meal. Each panel features a plate of fish, a steaming bowl of rice, and a sake bottle with a small cup. Arranged vertically in a loose woodblock-print-inspired style, the motifs evoke the familiar rhythm of an evening supper—warm rice, a small shared dish, and a drink at the end of the day.
The design feels playful and graphic while remaining calm and understated. It brings the intimate atmosphere of a neighborhood restaurant or traditional Japanese kitchen into the home without feeling overly themed.
This noren can be used for a doorway, kitchen entrance, pantry, dining room opening, hallway, restaurant entrance, izakaya-style interior, retail doorway, or as a decorative wall textile. Its full-length format creates greater visual privacy and separation while still allowing light and air to move gently between spaces.
This piece is created using katazome, a slow and highly detailed paste-resist dyeing technique. Before dyeing, a soybean-based resist paste is carefully applied over the motif areas. The paste prevents those sections from absorbing the botanical dye, allowing the natural off-white tone of the ramie fabric to remain visible against the plant-dyed background.
Unlike printed textiles, katazome requires multiple hands-on stages, including applying the resist paste, drying the fabric, dyeing, rinsing, and carefully removing the paste by hand. Slight variations in paste edges, color depth, and motif details reveal the handmade process behind every curtain.
The fabric is handwoven natural ramie, also known as Xia Bu. Ramie is a strong and breathable plant fiber with a dry, lightly crisp texture and an architectural drape. Its visible fiber lines, slubs, subtle shifts in thickness, and irregular weave give the curtain a natural, tactile presence.
Details
Moment Series full-length noren
Handmade two-panel doorway curtain
Handwoven natural ramie Xia Bu fabric
Plant-dyed using the katazome paste-resist technique
Soybean-based resist paste applied before dyeing
Natural ramie motifs against a plant-dyed background
Woodblock-print-inspired dining motif
Features a fish plate, steaming rice bowl, sake bottle, and cup
Size: 29.5” W × 59” L
Two-panel split design
Flat top rod pocket
Lightweight, breathable, and semi-sheer
Top and bottom edges are sewn; side edges retain their natural handwoven finish
Each piece has natural variations in color, paste lines, weave, texture, and shape
Color Options
Gallnut — Deep Indigo
A dark, muted indigo-charcoal tone with a quiet and grounded character.
Dyeing Yam / Dioscorea cirrhosa — Clay Brown
A warm botanical brown with earthy clay and aged-tea undertones.
Care
Keep away from open flame and high heat.
Professional dry clean only.
Do not machine wash or tumble dry.
Do not scrub, rub aggressively by hand, or use chemical detergents.
For daily care, a neutral fabric disinfecting spray may be used.
Iron gently on a low setting.
Please Note
Because this piece is handmade, handwoven, plant-dyed, and created using a traditional katazome paste-resist process, slight variations in color, texture, motif placement, dye depth, and paste-resist edges are expected. Each curtain is one of a kind.
The ramie fabric is woven by hand on a traditional narrow loom. Due to the natural rhythm and limitations of traditional hand weaving, the side edges may not be perfectly straight or machine-cut. Slight waviness, uneven edges, slubs, irregular threads, and subtle variations in fabric width or thickness are normal characteristics of authentic handwoven ramie and should not be considered defects.
A handmade full-length noren from our Moment Series, crafted from handwoven natural ramie fabric and dyed with plant-based color using a traditional katazome paste-resist process.
The Moment Series is inspired by Edo-period Japanese shopfront noren culture, when fabric curtains served as signage, shade, dust protection, visual privacy, and a soft marker between public and private space.
This piece captures the quiet pleasure of a simple Japanese meal. Each panel features a plate of fish, a steaming bowl of rice, and a sake bottle with a small cup. Arranged vertically in a loose woodblock-print-inspired style, the motifs evoke the familiar rhythm of an evening supper—warm rice, a small shared dish, and a drink at the end of the day.
The design feels playful and graphic while remaining calm and understated. It brings the intimate atmosphere of a neighborhood restaurant or traditional Japanese kitchen into the home without feeling overly themed.
This noren can be used for a doorway, kitchen entrance, pantry, dining room opening, hallway, restaurant entrance, izakaya-style interior, retail doorway, or as a decorative wall textile. Its full-length format creates greater visual privacy and separation while still allowing light and air to move gently between spaces.
This piece is created using katazome, a slow and highly detailed paste-resist dyeing technique. Before dyeing, a soybean-based resist paste is carefully applied over the motif areas. The paste prevents those sections from absorbing the botanical dye, allowing the natural off-white tone of the ramie fabric to remain visible against the plant-dyed background.
Unlike printed textiles, katazome requires multiple hands-on stages, including applying the resist paste, drying the fabric, dyeing, rinsing, and carefully removing the paste by hand. Slight variations in paste edges, color depth, and motif details reveal the handmade process behind every curtain.
The fabric is handwoven natural ramie, also known as Xia Bu. Ramie is a strong and breathable plant fiber with a dry, lightly crisp texture and an architectural drape. Its visible fiber lines, slubs, subtle shifts in thickness, and irregular weave give the curtain a natural, tactile presence.
Details
Moment Series full-length noren
Handmade two-panel doorway curtain
Handwoven natural ramie Xia Bu fabric
Plant-dyed using the katazome paste-resist technique
Soybean-based resist paste applied before dyeing
Natural ramie motifs against a plant-dyed background
Woodblock-print-inspired dining motif
Features a fish plate, steaming rice bowl, sake bottle, and cup
Size: 29.5” W × 59” L
Two-panel split design
Flat top rod pocket
Lightweight, breathable, and semi-sheer
Top and bottom edges are sewn; side edges retain their natural handwoven finish
Each piece has natural variations in color, paste lines, weave, texture, and shape
Color Options
Gallnut — Deep Indigo
A dark, muted indigo-charcoal tone with a quiet and grounded character.
Dyeing Yam / Dioscorea cirrhosa — Clay Brown
A warm botanical brown with earthy clay and aged-tea undertones.
Care
Keep away from open flame and high heat.
Professional dry clean only.
Do not machine wash or tumble dry.
Do not scrub, rub aggressively by hand, or use chemical detergents.
For daily care, a neutral fabric disinfecting spray may be used.
Iron gently on a low setting.
Please Note
Because this piece is handmade, handwoven, plant-dyed, and created using a traditional katazome paste-resist process, slight variations in color, texture, motif placement, dye depth, and paste-resist edges are expected. Each curtain is one of a kind.
The ramie fabric is woven by hand on a traditional narrow loom. Due to the natural rhythm and limitations of traditional hand weaving, the side edges may not be perfectly straight or machine-cut. Slight waviness, uneven edges, slubs, irregular threads, and subtle variations in fabric width or thickness are normal characteristics of authentic handwoven ramie and should not be considered defects.
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