A shōji is a door window or room divider used in traditional japanese architecture consisting of translucent sheets on a lattice frame.
Shoji wall panels.
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Paper provides privacy like any oriental screen but also diffuses light throughout the room.
Where light transmission is not needed the similar but opaque fusuma is used.
We show you how to make these japanese shoji rice paper screen doors using simple hand tools.
Shoji screens were originally used in japanese homes to separate the living space from the veranda or porch while allowing light through.
The benefit is that rice paper is lighter than wood but just as important lets light pass through.
A set of sliding wooden doors closed off the veranda from the outside and provided security at night.
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Available in different sizes they can be used as sliding panels window treatments or standalone folding screens.
Traditional shoji screens consist of panels of rice paper framed in a wooden grid.
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Shoji usually slide but may occasionally be hung or hinged especially in more rustic styles.
Our clients have used shoji screens as sliding door and window coverings closet and entertainment center doors floor to ceiling room dividers as a moveable wall smaller pass through window screens and light fixtures.
A deep overhanging roof covered the veranda and sheltered the screens.
Usually crafted by placing rice paper over a wooden framework shoji screens allow light to filter through a room while still maintaining some level of privacy.
Shoji is a type of translucent screen traditionally used for dividing walls in japanese housing.