Sliding screen (shoji) paper
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Since about the 8th century, Japanese houses have employed shoji as a means to introduce light; only in recent decades has glass been widely used for this purpose. Shoji are made of a lattice of wood over which damp washi paper is stretched and pasted. The paper is semi-opaque, Ietting in a pleasing, subdued light. At night, or when the weather is severe, the shoji are covered by outer sliding doors of wood or glass. 5,443 tons of paper for shoji were produced in Japan in 1969.
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