A possible modification to the fusuma is to replace part of it with shoji or sudare or yoshizu screens. The shoji section will allow light to penetrate to a back room, while the sudare or yoshizu section will improve ventilation.
Since the Japanese-style floor is laid with tatami, it is not at all strange to have the runners for sliding doors in the middle of it. If, however, runners are difficult to make or would be unsightly, shoji or fusuma can be suspended from the ceiling. By fixing a curtain rail onto the ceiling, a fusuma or similar screen could be hung from it when necessary, while it could also be used for hanging an ordinary curtain or a tapestry.
Transoms
The usual height of shoji or fusuma is about six feet, which leaves a little space between the upper runner and the ceiling. This space is often filled with a small shoji or fusuma panel, latticework, or openwork carving, and is referred to as the ranma. In contrast with the fanlight or rose-window found in churches in the West, the ranma came to be designed in conjunction with the shoji and fusuma in a rectangular frame to be admired from
both sides, while improving air circulation and providing light.
FUSUMA VARIATIONS
Most fusuma are decorated with simple designs. Fusuma may also be made with shoji to provide light, and with yoshizu to provide ventilation.
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