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Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Manchurian Crane Bamboo Grove
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Enchanting Japanese Showa period six-panel byobu screen titled "Bamboo Forest-Immortal Together
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Cranes in Stream
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting eight white Manchurian cranes
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Four Panel Screen Heian Era Narrative Tale
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating 20th century Showa period Japanese four panel byobu screen featuring a colorful scene
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Rustic Lakeside Village
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese 20th century Showa period four-panel byobu screen featuring a rustic lakeside
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Mandarin Ducks in Snow
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting two colorful mandarin ducks in a
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a blossoming cherry tree
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Flowering Grasses of Autumn
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable late 19th century Meiji period Japanese four panel byobu screen featuring the flowering
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Three Friends of Winter
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting the three friends of winter
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Tale of Genji
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene 20th century Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen from the narrative "Tale
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Mountain Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Showa period six panel folding byobu screen depicting a grand mountain landscape
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Four-Panel Screen Tales of Genji Episode
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Japanese four-panel byobu screen depicting chapter 17 episode from tales of Genji. The
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Flowering Cherry by River
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese 20th century Showa period two panel byobu screen depicting a delicate flowering
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Spring Flora and Fauna
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular Japanese Showa period two panel byobu screen featuring spring blossoms, birds, and
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Pheasants on Prunus Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Japanese style Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting two pheasants perched on a
Category
20th Century Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Cranes and Pine Trees
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Japanese style Showa period four panel folding byobu screen featuring four cranes near
Category
20th Century Chinese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Period Floral Foliate Four-Panel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Japanese Showa four-panel byobu screen depicting a floral and foliate scene
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Four Panel Screen Prunus Tree on Silver Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Unique Japanese four-panel folding byobu screen featuring a flowering prunus or plum tree over a
Category
20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Spring Birds Singing
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Attractive Japanese style folding four panel byobu screen from the late Showa period. The screen is
Category
20th Century Chinese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Iris Water Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting blue and white iris with wild
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
"Golden Lotus" Chinese Lacquered Four-Panel Screen, circa 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
. The decorative style simulates Japanese paper byobu screens with a tranquil scene of birds flitting
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Chrysanthemums on Silver Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic 19th century Japanese late Edo period six-panel folding byobu screen featuring flowering
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Silver Leaf
Japanese Showa Period Mounted Screen Manchurian Cranes with Pines
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Imposing Japanese Showa period two panel byobu screen later mounted in a large gilt and ebonized
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Tales of Genji on Gilt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Early 20th century Japanese showa period six panel byobu screen depicting an artistic
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Prunus with Songbirds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular late 20th century Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting blossoming
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Weathered Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Tale of Genji
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully aged and weathered late 19th century Japanese Meiji period four-panel byobu screen
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Taisho Two Panel Screen Figures in the Garden
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional Japanese Taisho period two-panel byobu screen depicting figures in the garden
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
"Egrets beneath Tall Grass" Japanese-style Gilt Four-Panel Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
simulates Japanese paper byobu screens with a backdrop of brilliant gold pigment. The four panel screen is
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Wood
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Magnolia Tree with Song Birds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
20th century Japanese style Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting a spring flowering
Category
20th Century Chinese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Bamboo Lily Pond
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating 19th century Japanese Meiji period six-panel folding byobu screen depicting a bamboo
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Showa Two Panel Mixed Media Screen Tethered Falcon
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese Showa period two-panel byobu screen featuring a curious display of items next
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Showa Four-Panel Screen of Red Crowned Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen featuring eight red crowned Japanese cranes
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Geese Flight Over Reeds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Tall Japanese style four panel byobu screen that is probably Korean. The screen was constructed in
Category
20th Century Korean Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Chinese Poems with Bamboo Landscapes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese six-panel folding byobu screen featuring six literati school painted works
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Flowering Morning Glory
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century late edo period six panel byobu screen featuring flowering morning glory
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Nanban Ship on Gilt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu gilt screen depicting the arrival of the Europeans
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Tale of Genji Ch. 6
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing Japanese Showa period two panel folding byobu screen featuring an illustration of an
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Tale of Taishokan
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating late 19th century Edo period four-panel byobu screen depicting mythical tales of
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Pair of Japanese Showa Six Panel Screens Tales of Genji
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating pair of Japanese Showa period six panel byobu screens depicting chapters 14 and 15 on
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage Japanese Byobu Folding Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Japanese byobu folding screen, hand-painted on silk circa 1950-1970. Featured subject is
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Silk
Japanese "Bird
Waterfall" Screen, Byobu
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a fine two-panel tea screen Byobu of a mountainside waterfall among a colorful drapery of
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Byobu - Six Panel Japanese Screen
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
This 18th century "Kano school" six-panel screen is truly special. The author is unknown, but his
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Four-Panel Japanese Byobu Garden Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautiful hand-painted watercolor on gold leaf paper screen depicting flowers, chrysanthemums, and
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper, Wood
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Fruiting Persimmon with Sparrows
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Delightful Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting a fruiting persimmon tree with
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings
Materials
Brass
Chinese Byobu Style Screen Four Celestial Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical Chinese four-panel byobu style screens depicting four celestial beauties in clouds
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Four-Panel Silver Gilt Byobu Table Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Japanese silver gilt byobu four-panel folding table screen featuring a metallic silver
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Silver Leaf
Byobu Japan Screen green white peonies Showa Signed
By Japanese Studio
Located in Valladolid, ES
Byobu, Folding screen, Room divider 屏風 (Byôbu) - Lacquered wood, Paper, Gold leaf - Flowers
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
B7 Japanese Antiques Silver Screen, 6-panel Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
paper folding screen
The silver has darkened moderately over time, like tarnished silver, giving it a
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
B49 Old Japanese Silver folding screen, Byobu 2panel
Located in Niiza, JP
screen.
The edges are made of antique cloth, giving it a classy look.
There are repairs on the back in
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Byobu Style Screen Spring Song Birds and Flowers
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese byobu style silk four-panel screen of flora and fauna. Vibrant spring green
Category
20th Century Asian Hollywood Regency Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Byobu Style Four Panel Mounted Screen Cherry Blossoms
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing four panel screen mounted in an opulent gilt, reeded frame depicting a spring floral
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
1950s Byobu Showa Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
1950s Byobu Showa period Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Screen.
66" wide and 36" in
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
“Kiku Byobu”, a six-panel chrysanthemum folding screen, Rinpa School
Located in Point Richmond, CA
“Kiku Byobu”, a six-panel chrysanthemum folding screen, Rinpa School, Meiji Period (1869-1912
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Four-Panel Screen ‘Byobu’, Nihonga School C.1930
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese four-panel screen ‘Byobu’. Nihonga School, Showa period, circa 1930.
The four
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Fine Antique "Two Deer" Screen, Smaller 2 Panel Byobu
Located in South Burlington, VT
2 finely painted deer
Japan, a fine two-panel screen Byobu depicting 2 Serene faced deer hand
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen Byobu Signed Showa Period C.1950
Located in London, GB
A four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a floral scene with birds.
Japan, C.1950
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Period Landscape Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a couple on the balcony of their
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Chinese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Landscape with Children
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese-style Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Byobu Screens For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of byobu screens is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique byobu screens was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and metal. We have 539 antique and vintage byobu screens in-stock, while there are 49 modern editions to choose from as well. There are all kinds of byobu screens available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Byobu screens are generally popular furniture pieces, but mid-century modern, modern and Art Deco styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many byobu screens are appealing in their simplicity, but Japanese Studio, Robert Crowder and Kozui Hitsu produced popular byobu screens that are worth a look.
How Much are Byobu Screens?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,500, while they’re typically $72 on the low end and $145,000 highest priced.
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.
Questions About Byobu Screens
- What is byobu made of?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Japanese byobu screens are normally made out of bamboo because the material is lightweight, yet durable. Artisans cover the screens with thin rice paper called washi and then apply a lacquer finish. Find a selection of byobu screens on 1stDibs.
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