Glossary of Screen-Related Terms
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- Byobu (屏風)(Spanish/Portuguese "Biombo") - A Japanese folding screen, as featured on JapaneseScreens.net
- Fusuma (襖) - Sliding doors or room dividers, made of paper over a wooden frame, often painted in a similar manner to Byobu.
- Kano School(狩野派) - A style of Japanese painting filled with color, developed during the Muromachi period (16th century).
- Rinpa School (琳派) - A decorative style of Japanese painting with a high degree of realism, always based on subjects from nature.
- Shantung - A kind of silk originating in China, sometimes used instead of gold leaf as the background of a screen.
- Sumi (墨) - An ink stick; a compressed mixture of vegetable soot and glue, which is ground with water on an ink stone to produce liquid ink. Used in Japanese calligraphy, and also for a style of painting screens, particularly scenery
- Sumi-e / Suiboku-ga (墨絵/水墨画) - The style of painting using only black Sumi ink.
- Tsuitate (衝立) - A 1-panel screen with legs to stand up.
- Washi (和紙) - Japanese paper, made by hand from tree bark, and used to cover the wooden frame of Byobu screens as a base for the gold leaf and painting.
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