Partitions in traditional Japanese architecture

thumb|upright=1.35|Shoji paper sliding doors in the Rinshunkaku at Sankei-en (Important Cultural Property) thumb|upright=1.35|Shoji doors next to the tokonoma alcove, Rinshunkaku thumb|upright=1.35| alt=View along wood-floored engawa towards a corner showing shoji edge-on and, on the far side of the corner, from the inside, with light shining through.|A tatami room surrounded by paper shoji (paper outside, lattice inside). The shoji are surrounded by an engawa (porch/corridor); the engawa is surrounded by [[garasu-do, all-glass sliding panels.]]

thumb|Fusuma thumb|Kin-busuma (golden fusuma) In Japanese architecture, are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors. They typically measure about wide by tall, the same size as a tatami mat, and are thick. The heights of fusuma have increased in recent years due to an increase in average height of the Japanese population, and a height is now common. In older constructions, they are as small as high. They consist of a lattice-like wooden understructure covered in cardboard and a layer of paper or cloth on both sides. They t

thumb|Traditional fabric shop in Nara, Nara|Nara with in front of the entrance

thumb|A six-panel from the 17th century thumb|Pair of screens with a leopard, tiger and dragon by Kanō Sanraku, 17th century, each , displayed flat thumb|Left panel of by Ogata Kōrin, 1702 thumb|Left panel of the by Hasegawa Tōhaku, thumb|Byōbu depicting Osaka from the early 17th century in Eggenberg Castle in Graz are Japanese folding screens made from several joined panels, bearing decorative painting and calligraphy, used to separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses.

thumb|The writer Sei Shōnagon standing behind a thumb| protecting the view to the Imperial throne in the of Kyoto Imperial Palace thumb|Less formal (but still cloth-bound) in a common home; from the more brightly-lit side, they are opaque thumb| on a train; from the more dimly-lit side, they are transparent

thumb|right|upright=1.7|A miniature at the Costume Museum (Kyoto)|Costume Museum in Kyoto