衝立障子ついたてしょうじ

noun

partitioning screen; free-standing shoji screen

A traditional Japanese room divider consisting of a wooden frame covered with translucent paper, often used to partition space or block drafts. Dated term; in modern contexts, 衝立 (ついたて) is more common.

See also: 衝立

• 旅りょ館かんの部屋へやには衝立ついたて障しょう子じが置おいてあった。

  There was a partitioning screen in the room at the Japanese inn.

• 衝立ついたて障しょう子じで部屋へやを仕し切きって、着き替がえスペースを作つくった。

  We divided the room with a free-standing shoji screen to make a changing area.