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byoubu Listen to the term in Japanese!

byobu

Small byoubu purchased in Kyoto
Photo by Linda Freeman, July 2002

folding screen

One of the several types of movable screens used to divide rooms. These types of screens are commonly used as a painting surface, as is the fusuma.

Symbols of Japan: Thematic Motifs in Art and Design
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