shōji
Shōji used to be the generic name for partitions between rooms, but today shōji refers to akari-shōji made from a wooden frame covered with Japanese washi paper on one side. The yukimi-shōji is a variety partly set with clear glass for snow viewing.
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Terunobu Fujimori│007: The Shōji of the Rinshunkaku
…e. For the seventh installment, he focuses on the shōji of the Rinshunkaku. Originally built as the Iwade Villa of the Kishu Tokugawa family, this renowned work of sukiya architecture was acquired by …
01 Feb 2024
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The Windows of the Komai House by W. M. Vories & Co.
… washitsu furnished with fusuma [sliding panels], shōji [translucent screens], and tokonoma [display alcove]. Its two windows on the south and west sides are intricately designed as hijikake-mado [lit…
15 Jan 2024
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Windows of the Aichi University of the Artsby Junzo Yoshimura and Akio Okumura:The Concrete Science of Living with Nature
…The way it makes use of those windows fitted with shōji [translucent screens], for example: there are daylighting windows under the eaves of the gabled roof, where you would not expect there to be any…
19 Jan 2024
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Katsura Catholic Church
…sliding wooden windows, and double sliding wooden shōji (translucent lattice screens) layered over them on the interior side. The design of these windows that superimpose and fuse the intricate wooden…
12 Jan 2024
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Terunobu Fujimori│006: The Shitomi of the Kondo Hall at Ninnaji Temple
…ge openings, such as amado [sliding storm doors], shōji [sliding translucent screens], and garasudo [glass doors]. With shitomi, however, when they are lifted open, all that remains in the wall plane …
12 Sep 2023
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The Prince Karuizawa: The Materiality of Kiyoshi Seike’s Windows
…d that Japan’s windows evolved from doors such as shōji [translucent screens] and fusuma [opaque screens], which are used to cover the gaps between columns to partition interior and exterior spaces in…
12 Oct 2023
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Terunobu Fujimori│005: The Katōmado of the Shizutani School Auditorium: An Un-Japanese Japanese Window
…ashi [aisle]. The katōmado, which are paired with shōji [translucent lattice screens], line the board walls of the hisashi. The outermost area beyond these walls is called the magobisashi [secondary a…
05 Jul 2023
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The Experimental Design of the KATONO House in Sapporo
…ernacular design elements such as brick walls and shōji doors. How did Katono envision this prototype of north-country modernism? Takahito Miyagishima, a young architect based in Hokkaido, explains th…
12 Apr 2023
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[Extended till Summer 2023]Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan at the VILLUM Window Collection, Denmark
…architecture uses window-like components known as shōji (sliding translucent screens) and fusuma (sliding partitions) to create entirely new spaces. A short film on Kikugetsutei – a Japanese teahouse …
29 Aug 2022
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Terunobu Fujimori | 003: The Vertical Sliding Windows of the Public Speaking Hall (Mita Enzetsukan)
… opposed to horizontally like Japan’s traditional shōji [paper-covered lattice screens] and itado [wood board doors], piqued their curiosity. ,Project Overview ,,Public Speaking Hall (Mita Enzetsukan…
24 Aug 2022
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Terunobu Fujimori｜ 002: The Diverse Openings of the Yosuitei’s Thirteen-Window Tearoom
…ition of muntins, fine bamboo lattices, and white shōji [paper-covered lattice screens]. As there is no other instance in the world of such a small space with so many kinds of windows, I think it woul…
24 Mar 2022
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The Yosuitei01/02 Shikishimado
…window) fitted with double sliding paper screens (shōji), while the bottom opening is a shitajimado (exposed lath window) with a single sliding paper screen. About the Yosuitei Japanese teahouses (ch…
01 Dec 2021
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Kadomi Family Residence/Watchtower Window
This shipping agency in Monzen-machi Kuroshima-machi, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, got burned down in a large fire in 1871 and was rebuilt the following year. The Sea of Japan is visible from the…
14 Jan 2022
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Terunobu Fujimori｜001: The Advent of Magical Light-Transmitting Surfaces, Glass Doors of the Hirano Residence
…oors], engawa [perimeter corridors/verandas], and shōji [paper-covered lattice screens], in order from outside to inside, and enclosed within the shōji were the living spaces with floors covered in ta…
09 Dec 2021
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Kaisen Donya Shipping Agency, Takita Family Residence/Window and the closet
This is the former residence of the Takita family, former shipping agents in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture. The depth of the thick section of the closet is enough for the window to be deep-set, dimm…
03 Dec 2021
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Japan House London presents Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan
…architecture uses window-like components known as shōji (sliding translucent screens) and fusuma (sliding partitions) to create entirely new spaces. A short film on Kikugetsutei – a Japanese teahouse …
01 Oct 2021
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Issue 1: Windows Visited by Spirits: Pingdong
After his experience on a journey through villages and folk houses in 11 Asian and Middle Eastern countries, Ryuki Taguma now lives in Yilan, located in northeast Taiwan, while practicing architectura…
14 Sep 2021
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The Smile Sealed Inside a Bubble—Natsume Soseki’s Inside Glass Doors
Natsume Soseki composed Inside Glass Doors at the end of his life. From inside his room, the “I” of these essays watches the days go by, meditating over visions of the past. Toshiyuki Horie, writer an…
16 Mar 2021
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Movie “A City of Columns”
,movie “A City of Columns” ,Hashirama sōchi (intercolumnar device) is a term used concerning cultural assets that refers to any architectural element that can be placed in the bays between columns. Ex…
03 Aug 2020
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Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan Exhibition at Japan House London
…y can take the form of walls or fixtures, such as shōji (sliding translucent screens) and fusuma (sliding partitions). Within the Japan House Gallery a short film on Kikugetsutei – a Japanese teahouse…
03 Feb 2020
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Movie “The Birth Canal”
,movie “The Birth Canal” ,“Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural components between pillars. Specifically, the hashirama equipment …
17 Jan 2017
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Part 3 Shokatei at Katsura Imperial Villa
Members of the Imperial Family were the first to enjoy the luxury of tea, a valuable item at that time, before the art of the tea ceremony was established by Rikyu. They built tearooms called kizoku-g…
03 Oct 2018
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Part 2: Jo-an
It seems reasonable to assume that chanoyu, or the Japanese “Way of Tea” established by Sen no Rikyu, was spread and led by sengoku busho or warlords. It is clearly explained by the fact t…
10 Aug 2018
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Movie “THE CORALLUM”
,movie “THE CORALLUM” ,“Hashirama equipment” is a term used for cultural assets and refers to the entire architectural components between pillars. Specifically, the hashirama equipment inc…
10 Jul 2018
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Architectural Ethnography, Part B
…in order to fully understand. Namely, the idea of shōji and fusuma (latticed sliding partitions with paper panes) goes against everything they’ve learned about security, soundproofing, and insulation.…
07 Jun 2018
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Part 1: Tai-an at Myoki-an Temple
Chashitsu or the Japanese tea room was a unique architecture that was built without any expressive ornaments at a time when rich ornamentation was a general trend in architecture. While its main pro…
17 May 2018
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Windows as Connectors between the Inside and Outside
Architect Ryue Nishizawa has designed a wide variety of projects, including houses, a church, a station square, and art museums. He has also found international success through SANAA, a practice that …
06 Sep 2016
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How Technology Changes the Future of Windows
Nader Tehrani is an Iranian-American designer who has completed numerous architectural projects worldwide. Having served as the Head of the Department of Architecture at MIT from 2010 to 2014, he is n…
06 Sep 2016
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MOMAT Collection “Windows and Photography”
The Windows and Photography exhibition was held as a part of MOMAT Collection from May 24 to August 7, 2016. Photographer Takashi Homma, who has explored the relationship between photos and windows to…
06 Sep 2016
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Window Embracing the Hometown
Part 2 of “The Joys of Making Windows”, the serial article by Hiroto Kobayashi Laboratory at Keio University SFC, introduces a project of making a window for a kominka (old folk house) in a small town…
08 Nov 2017
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Steel House
“En: art of nexus” is the theme of the Japan Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2016, one of the world’s largest modern architecture festivals. How are …
27 May 2016
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Vol. 4: Windows in Italian
…ngs “困窮が訪れると、正直は窓から逃げていく” [konkyū ga otozureruto, shōjiki wa mado kara nigeteiku, lit. “when difficulty arrives, honesty goes out the window”] and “金の切れ目が縁の切れ目” [kane no kireme ga en no kireme, lit. “…
11 Sep 2018