銀屏風(ぎんびょうぶ)

ぎんびょうぶ
noun
silver folding screen
art
1. silver folding screen
A 屏風(びょうぶ) (folding screen) covered in silver leaf. Conceptually paired with the 金屏風(きんびょうぶ) (gold screen) but quieter in impression, used for more subdued or refined settings.
銀屏風(ぎんびょうぶ)を立(た)てる。
to set up a silver folding screen
茶室(ちゃしつ)に銀屏風(ぎんびょうぶ)が飾(かざ)られていた。
A silver folding screen was displayed in the tea room.
金屏風(きんびょうぶ)と銀屏風(ぎんびょうぶ)では受(う)ける印象(いんしょう)がだいぶ違(ちが)う。
A gold screen and a silver screen give quite different impressions.

The silver-leaf counterpart of the 金屏風(きんびょうぶ); calmer and more understated in feeling.

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Added 2026.6.22 10:45 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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