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Tatami (畳具足), or tatami gusoku (from 畳む tatamu, "to fold", and gusoku, "full suit of armour"), [1] was a type of lightweight portable folding Japanese armour worn during the feudal era of Japan by the samurai class and their foot soldiers .
A zaisu (座椅子) is a Japanese chair with a back and no legs. [1] They are often found in traditional rooms with tatami mats, and are often used for relaxing under heated kotatsu tables. Zaisu come in many styles, and can either have a cushion built in or be used with a zabuton.
In Japan, the size of a room is usually measured in relation to the size of tatami mats (-畳, -jō), about 1.653 m 2 (17.79 sq ft) for a standard Nagoya-size tatami. Alternatively, in terms of traditional Japanese area units , room area (and especially house floor area) is measured in terms of tsubo , where one tsubo is the area of two tatami ...
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The top two futons in each stack are covered in white fitted sheets, matching the pillowslips. A futon ( 布団 ) is a traditional Japanese style of bedding . A complete futon set consists of a mattress ( 敷き布団 , shikibuton , lit. "spreading futon") and a duvet ( 掛け布団 , kakebuton , lit. "covering futon") . [ 1 ]
The size of a washitsu is measured by the number of tatami mats, using the counter word jō (畳), which, depending on the area, are between 1.5 m 2 and 1.8 m 2. (See tatami.) Typical room sizes are six or eight tatami mats in a private home. There are also half-sized mats, as in a 4.5-tatami room.
Mats are manufactured in standard lengths or factory-made to custom sizes. Modular mats, also well known as interlocking tiles or interlocking floor mats, are manufactured using the “jigsaw puzzle” structure. Unlike one-piece mats, modular mats consist of numerous elements that are easily and seamlessly assembled.
Typical sizes for desk pads are A3 (420 × 297 mm, 11.7 × 16.5 in) and A2 (594 × 420 mm, 16.5 × 23.4 in). Desk pads are very popular promotional products, usually branded with a logo, contact information and product or service information. Desk pads are typically glued at the foot (bottom) of the pad to prevent the paper from curling.