妻つま戸ど

noun

pair of wooden interior doors

Refers to a pair of wooden doors used inside traditional Japanese homes, often separating rooms. A specialized architectural term.

• 古ふるい日本にほん家か屋おくでは、部屋へやの仕し切きりに妻つま戸どが使つかわれていた。

  In old Japanese houses, tsumado were used as room dividers.

noun

door to a Heian-period pavilion

Specifically a door to a pavilion in a shinden-zukuri style palace of the Heian period. Historical term; see 寝殿造.

See also: 寝殿造り

• 寝しん殿でん造づくりの建たて物ものでは、妻つま戸どから庭にわに出でることができた。

  In shinden-zukuri buildings, one could go out into the garden through the tsumado.