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2. Kichō - Wikipedia

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   A miniature kichō at the Costume Museum in Kyoto. A kichō (几帳) is a portable multi-paneled silk partition supported by a T-pole. [1] It came into use in aristocratic households during and following the Heian period (794–1185) in Japan [2] when it became a standard piece of furniture. [3]

3. Bamboo construction - Wikipedia

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   Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. [1] Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, and its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber. [2] [3]

4. Bambusa textilis - Wikipedia

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   Slender bamboo is a giant, densely leaved, upright bamboo, that grows in a tight clump up to 6 to 10 meters high and 2 meters in width at a fast rate and has a stem size of 3 cm. [2] Having elegant leaves that are lanceolate shaped, 9-25 x 1-2.5 cm long, and greenish blue-hued culm that is glossy and leathery, its long green internodes , 35 ...

5. Dendrocalamus strictus - Wikipedia

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   Dendrocalamus strictus is a bamboo species belonging to the Dendrocalamus genus. The culms (stems) are often solid. [ 2 ] Common names include male bamboo , solid bamboo , and Calcutta bamboo .

6. Shoji - Wikipedia

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   Literally, shoji means "small obstructing thing" (障子; it might be translated as "screen"), and though this use is now obsolete, [4] shoji was originally used for a variety of sight-obstructing panels, screens, or curtains, [4] many portable, [94] either free-standing or hung from lintels, [95] used to divide the interior space of buildings ...

7. Bambusa vulgaris - Wikipedia

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   Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Bangladesh , India , Sri Lanka , Southeast Asia , and to the province of Yunnan in southern China , but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions.