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2. List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture

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   Storm shutters used to close the building at night. Unperforated wooden or metallic panels, usually sliding. Run in a groove outside the pillars, and usually outside the engawa (porch). Stacked in a to-bukuro when not in use. 1600s-present Garasu-do (wiktionary:ガラス戸, lit. "glass door") See shoji article for limited details. more images ...

3. Window shutter - Wikipedia

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   A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers (both operable or fixed, horizontal or vertical), solid panels, fabric, glass and almost any other item that can be mounted within a frame.

4. Window shutter hardware - Wikipedia

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   Window shutter hardware, usually made of iron, are hinges and latches that attach to the shutter and a window frame (and in some cases directly attached to stone or brick). The hinges hold the shutter to the structure and allow the shutter to open and close over the window. The latches secure the shutter in the closed (over the window) position.

5. Shoji - Wikipedia

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   The wooden shutters placed in this groove interlocked edge-to-edge, and were called ama-do (雨戸, "rain-door"): they were storm shutters, used only at night and in poor weather. [ 93 ] [ 108 ] To open the building in the morning, each ama-do would be slid along ( rotating at corners ) to the end of groove, where they were stacked in a box ...

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7. Louver - Wikipedia

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   Type of louver in concept Louver used in a Stevenson screen Louver shutters in Italy Louvered cupola bell house. A louver (American English) or louvre (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain and direct sunshine. The angle of ...