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curtained standing screen; portable partition
A T-shaped wooden stand hung with silk panels, used in Heian-period aristocratic houses to divide a room and to shield noblewomen from view. It appears constantly in classical literature and in period drama sets.
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The adjective 几帳面 (methodical, meticulous) is said to derive from the precise decorative joinery of the 几帳's posts — a useful memory hook, since the two words look related but describe very different things.