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Getting materials from historical story, designer starts drawing laugh design by pencil and then colors up. Nebuta designer takes most time for this stage. |
Building Nebuta tents for making and containing Nebuta. Its size becomes 12m width, 12m depth, 6m to 7m hight. |
Making parts ( "face" " hands" "legs" "knife" " spear" etc,) as previously arranged. If the rough drawing is finishied earlier, these parts are prepared before the tent is built. |
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Making wooden frame in order to paste Japanese paper with wires and strings. (Before around 1955, bamboo is used instead of wires.) |
Electric bulbs and fluorescent lamps (600 to 800 pieces) are used inside Nebuta, though candles are used in old days. |
Pasting paper, lest it runs off the edge. It is the most difficult process of Nebuta production. |
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| 7) Drawing (Sumi Ink) | 8) Drawing (Braze) | 9) Painting | ||||||
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Drawing with Sumi Ink. |
Patterning with colored braze. It also prevents from blotting. |
Painting with colorant. |
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Placing Nebuta on the 2m height base by 50 people. Nebuta hight becomes 5m altogether. |
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