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A generic term for removable screens, doors or shutters. This includes: sliding screens *shouji 障子; *fusuma 襖 reed framed sliding screens for summer use; sliding doors at an entrance; paneled doors on a gate; rain shutters *amado 雨戸; or shutters that can be lifted out like the lower part of a *shitomido 蔀戸. Some transoms *ranma 欄間 also have sliding parts which can be removed.

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*tsumado 妻戸, *mairado 舞良戸, *sugido 杉戸

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