The tradition to paste white torinoko on fusuma has been continued until now in first-class Japanese restaurants and Japanese-style hotels of high social status, and it is said that white torinoko is pasted on the fusuma of Japanese-style room in the Imperial Palace. 襖に白鳥の子を張るという伝統は今日にも引き継がれており、格式の高い料亭や旅館にも使われており、皇居の和室の襖も白の鳥の子が張られているという。 |