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tsuitate Listen to the Japanese term!

tsuitate
Ninna-ji, Kyoto
Photo by Linda Freeman, July 16, 2002

free-standing screen

Whereas fusuma and shouji are sliding and divide particular rooms, or separate the interior from the exterior, tsuitate and byobu can be moved around as they are portable and free-standing. Tsuitate usually have a wood frame with a paper or bamboo screen.

Bamboo in Japan
Nancy Moore Bess

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