Caucasian carpets - Kafkas carpets

Japanese: カフカスの絨毯 - かふかすのじゅうたん
Caucasian carpets - Kafkas carpets

...The main production areas are Tabriz, Hamadan, Mashhad, Kerman, Isfahan, Kashan, and Qom, but production is throughout Iran, producing carpets with their own unique characteristics in each region. Caucasian carpets are known for their geometric, straight-line patterns, and human and animal motifs are also depicted in straight lines. Chinese carpets are called tanzu, which in Japan are called dantsu (narrowly speaking, carpets woven in a short square shape).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Caucasus carpets" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…主要産地としてタブリーズ,ハマダーン,マシュハド,ケルマーン,イスファハーン,カーシャーン,コムなどがあげられるが,その生産はイラン全域にわたり各地にそれぞれ特色ある絨毯を生みだしている。 カフカスの絨毯(コーカサス・ラッグ)は幾何学的な直線文様で知られ,人物,動物文様も直線的に表される。 中国の絨毯は毯子(タンズ)といい,これを日本では緞通(だんつう)(狭義には方形短尺に織ったもの)といっている。…

※「カフカスの絨毯」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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