Tatami mats are a rug unique to Japan. Tatami has a long history.

Around the year 710

The oldest tatami in existence is from the Nara period. It was placed on a wooden platform called “Goshonotatami,” and was kept in the Shosoin Repository at Todaiji Temple in Nara. It differed slightly from today’s tatami in that it was made of five or six layers of woven makomoko (straw mats), covered with igusa straw mats, and had a brocade edge. Two of these were placed side by side and used as a bed for sleeping. Tatami mats are also mentioned in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters), and we can assume that they were similar to today’s Goza (mats used for sleeping). There were tatami mats from 794 to 1179, but prior to that, they were treated like a Goza mat.

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