List of shoji styles and patterns

The following is a consolidated list of all the shoji styles and patterns in the hard-copy Shoji and Kumiko Design book, and the Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns e-book volumes. All books contain detailed step-by-step instructions on how to make each of the shoji and the pattern. There are numerous photos and line drawings to give additional clarity to the instructions.

All of the patterns I include in the books can be made using the normal set of tools found in any reasonably well-equipped Western workshop. The only Japanese tools I recommend are a thin-kerfed cross-cut dōzuki saw for cutting kumiko, and a kakumen-ganna (Japanese chamfer plane) for chamfering the shoji rails and stiles; the chamfer plane isn't necessary for making the kumiko patterns. You will also need either a kebiki or wari-kebiki marking gauge if you intend to make the patterns with the jaguchi joint.
Publication list

Shoji and Kumiko Design
Book 1: The Basics
Book 2: Beyond the Basics — Every pattern in this website that is not in Book 1, and those not clearly indicated as being included in Book 3

The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3

Shoji and Kumiko Design
Book 1
The Basics



Aragumi shoji
Aragumi shoji
Aragumi kumiko arrangement and a mizugoshi structure — the "standard" shoji.
(Also included in The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns Vol.1)


Kasumi-gumi shoji
Kasumi-gumi shoji
Kasumi-gumi shoji arrangement and a koshi-tsuki structure.
(Also included in The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns Vol.1)



Kawari-gumi shoji
Kawari-gumi shoji
Kawari-gumi shoji with the izutsu-tsugi pattern.
(Also included in The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns Vol.2)


Izutsu-tsugi pattern
Izutsu-tsugi pattern
(Also included in The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns Vol.2)


Futae kaku-tsunagi pattern
Futae kaku-tsunagi pattern
(Also included in The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns Vol.2)


Four methods of making the asa-no-ha pattern
Asa-no-ha pattern
Four different methods of making the asa-no-ha pattern.
(Also included in The Complete Guide to Shoji and Kumiko Patterns Vol.1)

The Complete Guide to
Shoji and Kumiko Patterns
Volume 1


Aragumi shoji
Kasumi-gumi shoji
Asa-no-ha pattern

(See Book 1 above for photos of the patterns)

The Complete Guide to
Shoji and Kumiko Patterns
Volume 2


Kawari-gumi shoji
Izutsu-tsugi pattern
Futae kaku-tsunagi pattern


Masu-tsunagi shoji
Masu-tsunagi tateshige shoji
Tateshige kumiko arrangement with two masu-tsunagi pattern bands.


Masu-tsunagi pattern
Masu-tsunagi pattern


Kaku-tsunagi pattern
Kaku-tsunagi pattern


Izutsu-tsunagi pattern
Izutsu-tsunagi pattern


Izutsu-kiriko-tsunagi pattern
Izutsu-kiriko-tsunagi pattern


Chōchin-izutsu-tsugi pattern
Chōchin-izutsu-tsugi pattern


Mie masu-tsunagi pattern
Mie masu-tsunagi pattern

The Complete Guide to
Shoji and Kumiko Patterns
Volume 3


Naka-nuki shoji with central kiri feature and aso-no-ha bordering bands
Naka-nuki shoji
Naka-nuki shoji with two asa-no-ha bordering bands and a central kiri feature.


Kiri pattern
Kiri pattern


Square goma-gara pattern
Square goma-gara pattern


Soroban-kuzushi pattern
Soroban-kuzushi pattern


Kikkō-nishiki pattern
Kikkō-nishiki pattern

Tsuno-shokkō pattern
Tsuno-shokkō pattern


Yotsuba kaku-tsugi pattern
Yotsuba kaku-tsugi pattern


Yae tsuno-shokkō pattern
Yae tsuno-shokkō pattern


Yae shokkō pattern
Yae shokkō pattern


Soroban-dama pattern
Soroban-dama pattern


futae_kaku-shokko
Futae kaku-shokkō pattern

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