woven door; reed screen door; bamboo blind door
A door or screen made of interlaced reeds, bamboo, or similar materials, often used in traditional Japanese architecture for ventilation and light filtering.
In summer, we lean a woven screen door against the veranda.
この茶室の編み戸は竹で編まれている。
The woven door of this tea room is made of bamboo.
Standard kanji spelling for a woven door or screen.
Variant spelling; less common than 編み戸.
Compound of 編み (ami, 'weaving') + 戸 (to, 'door'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with a woven door or screen.