Shoji
Subtitle: How to Design, Build, and Install Japanese Screens
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: July 14, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780870118647
Subjects: Furniture & cabinetmaking; Home furnishing & decoration; Hobbies/Crafts; Decorative arts; Crafts & Hobbies; Home Improvement / Construction; Japan; Construction - Carpentry; General; Art / Design / Decorative; Carpentry; Design and construction; Shoji screens; Woodwork
First sentence: In his famous essay "In Praise of Shadows," the novelist Junichiro Tanizaki likens a traditional Japanese room to a black and white brush painting, with "the paper-paneled shoji being the expanse where the ink is thinnest, and the alcove where it is darkest."