垂たれ布ぬの

noun

hanging curtain used as a wall (Heian period)

Archaic term for a fabric hanging used in place of a wall or partition during the Heian period. Compare とばり.

See also: とばり

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくの邸てい宅たくでは、垂たれ布ぬのを間ま仕じ切きりとして使つかっていた。

  In Heian-period aristocratic residences, hanging curtains were used as room dividers.