interior partitions; screens and sliding doors
Refers collectively to the movable or semi-fixed partitions in traditional Japanese architecture, such as fusuma, shoji, and folding screens. Not used for modern Western-style walls.
All the partitions in this Japanese-style room are handmade by craftsmen.
When you open up the screens and sliding doors, the room feels spacious.
Byobu are free-standing folding screens, also included under the broader term 障屏.
Standard kanji spelling for this architectural term.
Alternate kanji form; 蔽 can mean 'cover' or 'obscure', but this spelling is less common for the architectural sense.
Compound of 障 (しょう, 'to obstruct' or 'screen') and 屏 (へい, 'folding screen' or 'wall'). The spelling 障蔽 uses 蔽 ('cover'), but the architectural term is conventionally written as 障屏.