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.
Shoji are translucent paper sliding screens, another specific type of 障屏.
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.