During the Nara period, such movable 'Shoji' (a generic term for partitions, that may slide, hang or remain stationary, that can divide the interior of a building into separate rooms) as a screen, bamboo blind and kicho (a curtained frame put up to screen royal personages or noble ladies from direct view of those around them), were used.
奈良時代には、衝立や簾、几帳のような可動式の「障子」が使用されていた。