A tsuitate (衝立) is a form of single-panel portable partition traditionally used in Japan since at least the 6th century.^[1] They may be made of wood, or a wood frame covered in paper or silk cloth.^[1][2] The panels are often illustrated, with paintings on both sides, sometimes by well-known artists.^[1] The wood frame may be lacquered,^[1][3] and pricier tsuitate may be very richly decorated, including use of precious metals.^[3]

Apart from their use as works of art, they are often used to screen entrances, and block wind and sun^[2] They may also partition rooms, divide the public part of a shop from the residential area behind, and act as a signboard.^[1]

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  A robust all-wood tsuitate, screening a fire from drafts in a rural house (history exhibit)
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  A tall 1700s tsuitate, presumably a replica konmeichi screen.^[4]
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  Tsuitate could be made in one piece, or as here, with a separate stand and panel^[5]
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  Tsuitate are traditionally used to screen entrances^[6]
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  A print of a painting by Kawanabe Kyōsai, depicitng a tsuitate screen painted by Kyōsai, complete with his signature on the screen^[7]

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Styles	Secular Azekura Buke Gassho Giyōfū Hirairi Imperial Crown Style Jutaku Omoya Shinden Shoin Sukiya Religious Shinto Azekura Hachiman Hiyoshi (Hie) Irimoya Ishi-no-ma Kasuga Kibitsu Nagare Shinmei Sumiyoshi Taisha Buddhist Daibutsuyō Ōbaku Zen Setchūyō Wayō Zenshūyō	Model of Himeji Castle
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Roof styles	Hidden Irimoya Karahafu Mokoshi
Structural and spatial	Burdock piling Chigi Disordered piling Engawa Hisashi Irimoya-zukuri Irori Katōmado Katsuogi Kuruwa Moya Nakazonae Namako wall Nightingale floor Onigawara Ranma Sōrin Tamagaki Tatami Tenshu Tokonoma Tokyō Tsumairi Shibi
Gates Approaches	Genkan Kairō Karamon Mon Nijūmon Niōmon Rōmon Sandō Sanmon Sōmon Torii (Mihashira)
Rooms	Chashitsu Daidokoro Mizuya Shoin Toilets Washitsu
Furnishings	Butsudan Chabudai Emakimono Furo Futon Getabako Kamado Kamidana Kotatsu Mitamaya Tansu Zabuton Zafu
Partitions	Byōbu Fusuma Jinmaku Kichō Noren Shitomi Shōji (washi) Sudare Tsuitate
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Measurements	Ken Koku Ri Shaku Sun
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