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Also written 竪蔀; also called itajitomi 板蔀. A moveable fence used in aristocratic dwellings of the Heian and Kamakura periods. A frame is made from horizontal and vertical timbers, with the vertical members about 180 cm apart. The spaces between the posts were filled with a plain wood lattice panelled with boards. The vertical laths were longer than the horizontal ones, giving the name tate (vertical) jitomi also shitomi (lattice). The most elegant fences were also topped with low posts simulating bamboo with openwork design; see *take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間. This type of fence was used along the approach from the front to middle gate of *shinden-zukuri 寝殿造 residences, in the garden, or occasionally inside the house.