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2. Shoji - Wikipedia

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   Like curtains, shoji give visual privacy, [4] [7] but they do not block sounds. [4] [10] Shoji are also thought to encourage a home's inhabitants to speak and move softly, calmly, and gracefully, an important part of the ethos behind sukiya-zukuri architecture. [9] Sliding doors cannot traditionally be locked. [10]

3. List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture

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   A walk-through curtain Cloth with vertical slits, cord (shown), or cords strung with beads of bamboo or other materials. Have been associated with urban shop entrances since the late Kamakura period (early 1300s). [9] Still in common use in the 21st century, especially at shop entrances and kitchen doors Kabeshiro (壁代, lit. ' wall-curtain ')

4. Besam (Assa Abloy) - Wikipedia

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   Besam was an international supplier and manufacturer of automatic entrance equipment for commercial, health care and residential buildings owned by Assa Abloy. [1] The product portfolio included automatic doors, automatic swing doors, sliding doors and revolving doors, as well as air curtains and dedicated service and maintenance.

5. Portière - Wikipedia

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   This allows the curtain to be long enough to seal against the floor and contain draughts, but not drag on the floor or catch under the door when the door is opened. [2] Rising portières come in different configurations to seal the curtain against different door surrounds. [3]

6. Noren - Wikipedia

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   Using fabric curtains as dividers was an idea imported from China around the same time as Zen Buddhism. [2] The term noren began to be used in the late Kamakura period . Merchants in the Edo period added store names or family crests to the noren to represent the business name or trademark, making the noren a symbol of credibility and reputation.

7. Room divider - Wikipedia

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   Casa Loma, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Room-divider/screen, (Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade) A room divider for a conference hall.. A room divider is a screen or piece of furniture placed in a way that divides a room into separate areas.