襖 ふすま

Fusuma is a type of sliding panel in traditional Japanese architecture. Unlike shouji, they are fully opaque and do not have a visible wooden lattice. They usually have a circular handle, and can be either plain or decorated with traditional Japanese imagery and patterns.

Examples

Non-Examples

shouji

See also

• door
• sliding doors
• shouji

External links

• Wikipedia: Fusuma
• http://mn_nihongo.tripod.com/shoji_fusuma.html
• http://www.travel-around-japan.com/j04-living-place.html

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