fusuma

Examples of fusuma in the following topics:

• Japanese Architecture in the Momoyama Period

  • The dark interiors of castles were often decorated by artists, and the spaces were separated using sliding fusuma panels and byōbu folding screens.
  • Fusuma (vertical rectangular panels that can slide from side to side) and byōbu (folding screens) became highly decorated with paintings, and often an interior room with shelving and an alcove (tokonoma) was used to display art work (typically a hanging scroll).

• Shoin Rooms

  • Fusuma, or sliding doors, were also becoming a popular means to divide rooms.

• Painting and Calligraphy in the Heian Period

  • The decorated sliding door panels at the top of the image are fusuma.

• Rinpa School Painting in the Edo Period

  • Many Rinpa paintings were used on the sliding doors and walls (fusuma) of noble homes.

• Japanese Painting and Sculpture in the Kamakura Period

  • Paintings were used to decodate sliding doors (fusuma) and folding screens (byōbu).