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Byobu - Japanese Folding Screen
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Nice four-panel Japanese screen painted on vegetal paper, depicting a landscape with a red maple
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Horses - Japanese Folding Screen Silver Leaf
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
petal hooks to attach the screen to the wall. Lucio Morini has been a specialist in Japanese screens for
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Antique Japanese Folding Chamber Screen / Paravent 20th century Japan Cranes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Meiji period 19th c Japanese Chamber Screen. Also usuable as wall mounted screen
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Folding Chamber Screen /Paravent Early 20th century Japan Crane
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Japanese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting. Good condition and lovely
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Double Sided Folding Chamber Screen 19/20th C Japan Cranes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Meiji period 19th or early 20th c Japanese Chamber Screen. Two sided decoration. Also
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique Chinese Folding Chamber Screen / Paravent Early 20th century Japan Crane
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Chinese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting. Good condition and lovely
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20th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

20th Century Japanese Six Panel River Screen
Located in Locust Valley, NY
This 20th Century Japanese Six-Panel River Screen is a beautiful example of traditional Japanese
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20th Century Unknown Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
pigment on silk. Signature: Goho Seal: Goho A pair of two-fold Japanese silk screens from the
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper, Silk

Japanese Folding Screen Flower Cart Showa Period
Located in Fulton, CA
A 4 panel Showa period Japanese folding screen depicting a flower cart. Hand-painted flowers in a
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paint

Antique Japanese Wood Block Printed Table Top Folding Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Japanese small table top four panel folding screen. Wood block print on paper. First
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B20 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver-covered folding screen Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W600×H1745mm×D20mm
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B12 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver-covered folding screen Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W600×H1745mm×D20mm
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B15 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver foil folding screen Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame 1 piece: Width 595 x Height 1740
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B48 Old Japanese Silver folding screen, Byobu 2panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1740 x 1750 x 20 mm Foldable: 870 x 1750 x 40 mm, 7kg Estimated size after packaging
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B77 Old Japanese 6panels folding Screen, Hawk Falconer
Located in Niiza, JP
folding screens as the joints are prone to weakening. It is a special technique in which the folding
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Early 20th Century Japanese Nihonga Screen. Bamboo Forest.
Located in Kyoto, JP
pigment, gofun and ink on silk. A six-panel Japanese folding screen, painted on silk in mineral pigments
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Floral Landscape
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Elegant Japanese six-panel byōbu depicting a tranquil landscape with blooming flowers set against
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Old Japanese woodblock print folding screen/room partition/object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a woodblock-printed folding screen made in Japan during the Showa period, featuring
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B13 Japanese Antiques 2panels, silk, folding Screen with Tiger
Located in Niiza, JP
. *Please handle with care as the joints of the folding screen are easily weakened. It is a special
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk

B85 Old Japanese 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, red remmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver-paper folding screen Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W615×H1740mm×D15mm, Unfolded
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B73 Old Japanese 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, red remmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver-paper folding screen Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W615×H1740mm×D15mm, Unfolded
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B61 Old ]Japanese calligraphy Silver folding screen, 2-panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1720 x 450 x 20 mm Foldable: 860 x 450 x 40 mm, 2kg Estimated size after packaging
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

B62 Old Japanese Calligraphy Thousand Characters, folding screen, 6anel
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 3680 x 1700 x 20 mm Foldable: 625 x 1700 x 110 mm, 15kg Estimated size after
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

B30 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, red-rimmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver foil folding screen Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame 1 piece: Width 600 x Height 1745
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B41 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, brown-rimmed
Located in Niiza, JP
plywood sandwiched): 18 cm x 50 cm x 150 cm, weight 17 kg A simple silver foil folding screen. It is in
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B70 Old Japanese 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, no-rimmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver paper folding screen Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame 1 piece: Width 600 x Height 1715
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

B22 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, black edge
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver foil folding screen Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame 1 piece: Width 595 x Height 1740
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B21 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen checkered pattern
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver foil folding screen Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame 1 piece: Width 600 x Height 1745
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B16 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen checkered pattern
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver foil folding screen Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame 1 piece: Width 600 x Height 1745
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japan Small Folding Two-Panel Blue Furosaki Tea Screen Contemporary Simplicity
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen furosaki byobu depicting a simple cream colored back ground with
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Fabric, Wood

Antique Japanese Taisho Period Byobu Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Antique Byobu Four Panel Screen. Japan, late 19th to early 20th century. Taisho period.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

B55 Old Japanese silver paper 6panel folding screen middle size
Located in Niiza, JP
thick plywood sandwiched): 16 cm x 52 cm x 130 cm, weight 20 kg This is a simple silver leaf folding
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

B72 Old Japanese Antiques 6panels, Ukiyoe dancing townpeople, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
a paper folding screen Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W530×H1550mm×D18mm, Unfolded size
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel hand painted Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a wildly and
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paint, Paper

20th Century Showa Period Beautiful Spring Garden Folding Screen Two Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Japanese screen with two doors painted with mineral pigments on rice paper. Early Showa period.
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

B81 Old Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, Black remmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver paper folding screen Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame 1 piece: Width 600 x Height 1750
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Eternal Spring Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a beautiful nature scene
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

B36 Japanese Antiques Gold background flowers folding screen, 2-panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper & Silk-like fabric, wooden frame 1 piece: Width 760 x Height 1520 x Depth 20 mm
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

B35 Japanese Antiques Gold background flowers folding screen, 2-panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper & Silk-like fabric, wooden frame 1 piece: Width 760 x Height 1520 x Depth 20 mm
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Silk

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring luminous cherry blossoms
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paint

Japanese Chinese Asian 4 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Red Crowned Crane Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese/Chinese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene with
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paint, Paper

B78 Japanese Antiques 6panels, White Plum Blossoms and Peacock, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
screens as the joints are prone to weakening. It is a special technique in which the folding screens are
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

B76 Japanese Antiques 6panels, White Plum Blossoms and Peacock, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
when handling folding screens as the joints are prone to weakening. It is a special technique in which
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Genji Screen Lady Murasaki
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and quite striking four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring an elegantly clad
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen, Early 20th Century Wagtail Chrysanthemum by Ishizaki Koyo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947) Wagtail & Chrysanthemum Early 20th century Folding screen in two
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Chinese Asian Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Samurai Warriors Battle
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful four-panel Japanese (or Chinese) Byobu folding screen featuring a battlefield landscape
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Herons in the Winter Snow
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

B84 Japanese art, Ink painting on gold folding screen, Sailor, 2-panel
Located in Niiza, JP
, 14kg A small two-panel folding screen. A sailor painted in ink on a gold background. The seal "Tōji
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
Imao Keisho (1902-1993) Pine Trees Early 20th Century, Circa 1930 Pair of six-panel Japanese
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tale of Genji Cherry Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene from the Classic Japanese
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen of Mount MT Fuji Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a luminous Mount (Mt
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Chinese Asian Two-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Ancestral Immortal Figures
Located in Studio City, CA
Byobu folding screen depicting 18 exquisitely clad male ancestral or immortal figures and a group of
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20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese 4-Panel Byobu Screen
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen, with hand-painted scenes of flowers within gilt borders, chop
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Late 20th Century Japanese Ming Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood, Paper

Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen of Playful Court Scene
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite fascinating hand-painted six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

B79 Old Japanese Art a folding screen, Byobu 2panel, White Heron Dyed Fabric
Located in Niiza, JP
. *Please be careful when handling folding screens as the joints are prone to weakening. It is a special
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric

Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Fascinating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a detailed genre painting on goldish silver
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

B82 Old Japanese antiques 6panels, Plain folding screen with the base left as is
Located in Niiza, JP
Plain folding screen with the base left as is Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W580
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

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20th Century Japanese Folding Screen For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the 20th century Japanese folding screen you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, paper and metal, every 20th century Japanese folding screen was constructed with great care. There are 282 variations of the antique or vintage 20th century Japanese folding screen you’re looking for, while we also have 10 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 20th century Japanese folding screen — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A 20th century Japanese folding screen made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one 20th century Japanese folding screen that is appealing in its simplicity, but Cassina, Charlotte Perriand and Frank Faulkner produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a 20th Century Japanese Folding Screen?

Prices for a 20th century Japanese folding screen start at $72 and top out at $120,000 with the average selling for $2,498.

Finding the Right Paintings-screens for You

Traditional Asian paintings were often created on scrolls and folding screens. Artisans made screens that could be folded up or spread out by connecting several panels using hinges. Today, antique Asian folding screens and paintings are sophisticated decorative accents that can serve as makeshift partitions to ensure privacy.

The original folding screens were created by Chinese artists. The earliest record of screens comes from the 2nd century B.C., and surviving examples date back to the Ming dynasty. Chinese painting utilizes many of the same tools as calligraphy — these screens were crafted from wood with painted panels featuring striking art or calligraphy that told cultural stories or represented nature and life in the area.

The practice was introduced to Japan, where paintings for screens were made on paper and silk, in the 8th century. These paintings frequently feature subjects such as landscapes, animals, flowers and Buddhist religious themes. Along with screens for tea ceremonies and dance backgrounds, there were screens for use in Shinto and Buddhist temples.

In the 17th century, screens began to be imported to Europe where their popularity grew. Coco Chanel famously collected Coromandel folding screens.

Traditional Asian paintings can make a tasteful addition to any wall, and screens can be used as decoration or, in the case of larger iterations, as an aesthetic way to divide a large room. Browse the selection of antique Asian paintings and screens from a variety of styles and eras on 1stDibs.