shoji screens

sho·ji (sh

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n. pl. shoji or sho·jis

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

[Japanese shji : sh, barrier, screen (from Middle Chinese tsiang) + ji, seed, n. suff. (from Middle Chinese tsz).]

shoji [ˈʃəʊʒiː -dʒiː]

n pl -ji, -jis

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a rice-paper screen in a sliding wooden frame, used in Japanese houses as a partition

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) any similar screen

[from Japanese, from shō to separate + ji a piece]

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shoji - a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper

cover, covert, concealment, screen - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"

Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

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Concealment cover covert Japan Nihon Nippon screen	Adding shoji screens, plants and furniture with simple lines to your Zen decorating theme will really help the room have that designer look. Picking Decorative Accessories for the Zen Decorating Theme by Lee Dobbins / Home based business community Ban has reinterpreted the traditional Japanese house, with its sliding walls, shoji screens, and shutters, using the latest technology and achieving an open plan in three dimensions, rather than two. Tradition stood on end: sheathed by glass shutters, this house makes ... by Webb, Michael / The Architectural Review With its bamboo, shoji screens and fluttering pink cherry blossoms, John Gunter's sets from Los Angeles Opera evoked the requisite traditional Japanese backdrop for Puccini's poignant drama. Madama Butterfly: Sheri Greenawald (Cio-Cio-San) and Kimberly Barber ... by Jordan, Robert / Opera Canada	shoeful shoehorn shoelace Shoeless Shoemaker shoemaker's last Shoemaker-Levy 9 Shoemaking shoepac shoer shoes shoeshine shoeshop shoestring shoestring catch shoestring fungus shoetree shofar Shog Shoggle shogi shogun shogun bond shogunate shoji shoji screens Shola Sholapur Shole Sholem Aleichem Sholem Asch Sholes Sholokhov Sholom Asch Shona Shonde shone shoneen shonky shoo shoo away shoo fly shoo off shoo-fly plant shoo-in shoofly shoofly pie shoogle Shooi shook shook-up	Shôgi shogun shogun Shogun bond Shogun bond Shogun Bonds Shogun Bonds Shogun of Japan Shogun of Japan Shogun Total War shogunate shogunate shogunates shogunates Shoguns Shoguns Shoh Shohet Shohet Shohl's solution Shohl's solution Shohl's solution Shohl's solution Shoichi Ichikawa shoin-zukuri shoji shoji shoji shoji screen shoji screen shoji screens Shojiro Goto shojis shojis SHOJS SHOK Shokado bento Shokado bento Shôkadô bentô Shôkadô bentô Shokalskii Island Shokalskii Strait Shokalskii, Iulii Shokalskii, Iulii Mikhailovich Shokatsu Komei Shokin, Aleksandr Shokin, Aleksandr Ivanovich Shoklo Malaria Research Unit SHOL Shola Sholapur Sholapur Sholas Shole Sholem Sholem Sholem Aleichem Sholem Aleichem Sholem Aleichim Sholem Aleichim Sholem Asch

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Adding shoji screens, plants and furniture with simple lines to your Zen decorating theme will really help the room have that designer look.

Picking Decorative Accessories for the Zen Decorating Theme by Lee Dobbins / Home based business community

Ban has reinterpreted the traditional Japanese house, with its sliding walls, shoji screens, and shutters, using the latest technology and achieving an open plan in three dimensions, rather than two.

Tradition stood on end: sheathed by glass shutters, this house makes ... by Webb, Michael / The Architectural Review

With its bamboo, shoji screens and fluttering pink cherry blossoms, John Gunter's sets from Los Angeles Opera evoked the requisite traditional Japanese backdrop for Puccini's poignant drama.

Madama Butterfly: Sheri Greenawald (Cio-Cio-San) and Kimberly Barber ... by Jordan, Robert / Opera Canada

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