Room Dividers and Fusuma |
Unlike shoji screens, which are translucent, fusuma screens are opaque. Because fusuma are traditionally made of soft wood, they are lightweight and require no wheels or metal tracks. Rather, super-surfacing techniques plane the frame to a glasslike smoothness that allows it to glide easily along tracks made of wood. The fusuma are made without screws, nails, or other fasteners; no finish is necessary because wood pores self-seal. |