screen-or

Updated: June 27, 2025

But these were built of wood and were far from being massive or imposing. As in other periods of Japanese architecture, the exterior was sacrificed to the interior where there were choice woodworking and joinery in beautiful woods, and occasionally screen-or wall-painting as decoration. There was still little house-furnishing.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era