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shoh jee

  • n  a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper

  • Its continuity extends from the 17th century Katsura Imperial Villa, whose sparse, shoji-screened rooms influenced modern architecture, to the just completed Keio University .
  • There is a lake and a teahouse on the lake where you can rent tatami and shoji at lunchtime.
  • And here's the kicker: it has a sliding, shoji-like door.
News & Articles

  • Shoji to the rescue for USA men's volleyball
    by Palo Alto Online Sports/USA Volleyball Of local note Rodgers helps U.S. at Palmer Cup Stanford grad Kawika Shoji rallied the United States men's national team past Argentina, 22-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-16, on Saturday in a FIVB World League match in Wichita, Kan.
    June 9, 2013 - Palo Alto Weekly
Quotes

  • Warren MacKenzie in Houston Chronicle
    The others in my quarter of the draw - Shoji Sato, Peter Gade and Lin Dan - are all high quality players. I've played Sato and Lin Dan a number of times before and have a good sense of their games. If I play at my best, I am reasonably confident... Anup Sridhar http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anup_Sridhar&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGin5AXclfzS8LbpBOgJ9x45eWF2Q Hindu http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/29/stories/2008072952821800.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNElBD8U95y8zP9XhQ7UuNkO0bbN5A Jul 28, 2008 89419 119055 shoji There is a looseness and a casualness to Shoji Hamada's work that is just wonderful," MacKenzie says.

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