Shoji Screen

Shoji Screen Biography.

   In traditional Japanese architecture, a shōji (障子) is a door, window or room divider consisting of translucent paper over a frame of wood which holds together a lattice of wood or bamboo. While washi is the traditional paper, shōji may be made of paper made by modern manufacturing processes; plastic is also in use.

   Shōji doors are often designed to slide open, and thus conserve space that would be required by a swinging door. They are used in traditional houses as well as Western-style housing, especially in the washitsu (Japanese-style room). In modern construction, the shōji does not form the exterior surface of the building; it sits inside a sliding glass door or window.

Shoji Screen

 Shoji Screen

 Shoji Screen

 Shoji Screen

 Shoji Screen

 Shoji Screen

 Shoji Screen

 Shoji Screen

 

Shoji Screen

Shoji Screen Room Dividers

Shoji Screen

Japanese Shoji Screen Exhibit in Shizuoka