Oil-based paper screen

Japanese: 油障子 - あぶらしょうじ
Oil-based paper screen
〘 noun 〙 Shoji screens that have been painted with oil to make them waterproof. Used for entrances and windows that are exposed to rain. Rain Shoji screens. ※Essays, Hatosu Shosetsu (before the 18th century), part 2 "Once, when it was supposed to be fine, it suddenly started raining, and Lord Makino Bingo no Kami requested that we use oil-painted Shoji screens."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 油を塗って防水性をもたせた障子。雨のかかる出入口、窓などに使用。雨(あま)障子。※随筆・鳩巣小説(18C前か)下「一度御能有之筈の処、俄に雨天に相成候て、油障子を可申付由、牧野備後守どの申され候」

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