shoji

• “I closed the sliding windows, with translucent paper for window panes, called shoji, and went to bed, but the lack of privacy was fearful, and I have not yet sufficient trust in my fellow-creatures to be comfortable without locks, walls, or doors!”

  Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

• “Frames covered with paper, called shoji, slide along these grooves and form the wall between chamber and chamber.”

  Peeps at Many Lands: Japan

• “The curtain as architectural element refers back to traditional Japanese design elements such as shoji and sudare screens, and fusuma doors common within the traditional Japanese house.”

  Joyn – Curtain & Wall-art by Hiroshi Tsunoda

• “DIY paper 'shoji' style lamp made from recycled materials for under £5”

  Ecofriend

• “The house design included other Japanese elements, especially an exercise area adjacent to the tub and bathroom fitted with tatami mats and walled with sliding shoji panels.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bird Cloud

• “And there was more palaver about the shoji panels.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bird Cloud

• “Deryl ordered the shoji panels, and as if this were a summons the Japanese ofuro tub arrived.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bird Cloud

• “From early morning until dark between the chunk! chunk! of nail guns and the scream of power drills Gerald was drenched in a waterfall of details of wall finishes, hinges, straps, colors, jambs, shoji panels, tatami mats and Polygal windows.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bird Cloud

• “The traditionally constructed buildings had shoji doors, windows, and room dividers along with tatami flooring.”

  Fictionaut: Made in Japan - 2

• “Japan does not slide open its shoji doors and give up its secrets easily, but it does invite the gai jin foreignor to enter and indulge in its culinary pleasures.”

  The Huffington Post: Sara Waxman: Eating Beauty: An Adventure in Japanese Cuisine

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