Definition of "shoji" []

• A translucent screen consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used as a sliding door or partition in a Japanese house. (noun)

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