Remodeling House Ideas : A Japanese Partitioning Devices 01
Opaque Sliding Doors
Opaque sliding doors {fusuma) are used, as a general rule, to divide Japanese-style rooms with tatami from each other, and are removed when occasion demands to make a large reception area. The primary function of shoji, on the other hand, is to divide interior from exterior, and also, in modern Japanese houses with both Japanese- and Western-style rooms, to partition off the places where house slippers are worn—the Western-style rooms and the hallway—from the tatami rooms where house slippers are not worn.
Fusuma, like shoji, consist of a wooden grid frame, but whereas shoji usually have white translucent paper attached to only one side, fusuma have a cloth or opaque paper covering on both sides. It is necessary to first apply several sheets of paper as a foundation, but since this is time-consuming, the recent trend has been to fix a sheet of plywood to each side and then put the final surface on.
With shoji, the frame is deliberately left unfinished to enhance the beautiful white shoji paper, but with fusuma, colored materials are often used to complement the color and design of the paper or cloth. Black is commonly used; browns, reds, and other dark colors are also popular. But if a plain wood surround is desired, straight-grained wood is best.
If fusuma are thought of simply as a movable wall or as large sliding doors, their potential uses are numerous. Cork or steel plate may be used for the surface instead of paper or cloth to produce a bulletin board. Similarly, if the walls or doors of a child's room are made fusuma-style, they can be used for drawing pictures on. In fact, Japanese painters often use fusuma as a kind of canvas, and a single continuous picture or depictions of the changing seasons will extend across several panels. In the past, visitors were even encouraged to leave poetry behind on the fusuma to commemorate the occasion.
RELATIONSHIP OF FUSUMA AND RANMA
FUSUMA CONSTRUCTION
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