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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Flock of Cranes. Ink and color on gold leaf.

$72,000 / set

Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen

By Rimpa School

Located in Fukuoka, JP

(144.5x67.3 inches) SKU: RJ118/2 This 6-panel gold-leafed screen is a splendid representation of the Rimpa

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen

$13,260 Sale Price

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Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen

By Rimpa School

Located in Fukuoka, JP

(144.5x67.3 inches) SKU: RJ118 This 6-panel gold-leafed screen is a splendid representation of the Rimpa

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Early 19th Century Rimpa School Floral Screen

$13,260 Sale Price

25% Off

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Deer in Cedar Landscape

Located in Hudson, NY

Edo period painting in mineral pigments on gold leaf with a silk brocade border.

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Deer in Cedar Landscape

$39,000

19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf

Located in Kyoto, JP

gold leaf on paper. This is a double-sided Japanese Furosaki or tea-ceremony screen from the mid

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf

$9,200

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Late Winter into Early Spring

Located in Hudson, NY

sized, Edo period (first half of the 19th century) six-panel screen painted in mineral pigments on gold

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Late Winter into Early Spring

$25,000

Japanese Six Panel Screens: Pair of Festival Carts

Located in Hudson, NY

Antique Japanese screen with Festival Cart design. Edo period painting (First half of the 19th

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screens: Pair of Festival Carts

$63,250

18th Century Japanese Rinpa Screen. White Chrysanthemums. School of Korin.

Located in Kyoto, JP

School of Ogata Korin White Chrysanthemums 18th Century, Edo period. A two-panel Japanese screen

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Japanese Rinpa Screen. White Chrysanthemums. School of Korin.

$32,000

Japanese Six Panel Screen, Snow Scene at Water’s Edge

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene at Water's Edge with Flowers and Waterfowl. Edo period

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen, Snow Scene at Water’s Edge

$40,250

Japanese Chinese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Mythical Landscape

Located in Studio City, CA

Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting an almost magical/ mythical nature scene with flowing

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Chinese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Mythical Landscape

$9,500

Japanese Six Panel Screen Battle of Uji Bridge

Located in Hudson, NY

The first battle at Uji was in 1180 and was the beginning of the Heike Wars. This screen depicts

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen Battle of Uji Bridge

$60,000

Antique Japanese Six-Panel Screen by Kano Chikanobu "Shushin"

Located in Prahran, Victoria

Late 17th century Kano school peony landscape screens. Both screens signed: Hogan Josen Fujiwara

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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Antique Japanese Six-Panel Screen by Kano Chikanobu "Shushin"

$25,000

Elegant Horse Screen. In style of Kano Tanshin

By Kano Tanshin

Located in Fukuoka, JP

Ink on gold. This continuation of equine grace unfolds across a stunning gold-leaf backdrop

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Elegant Horse Screen. In style of Kano Tanshin

$8,500 Sale Price

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18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Plum Young Pines. Kano School.

Located in Kyoto, JP

Dimensions (Each screen): H. 176 cm x W. 378 cm (69’’ x 149’’) This pair of Japanese folding

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Plum Young Pines. Kano School.

$42,000 / set

Japanese Asian Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landcape Bridge with Iris Flowers

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature lake/landscape scene with a

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landcape Bridge with Iris Flowers

$2,995

Mid 18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Crows Pines by Unkoku Toshuku.

Located in Kyoto, JP

Unkoku Toshuku (1722-1779) Crows and Pines A pair of six-panel Japanese Screens. Ink and gold

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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Mid 18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Crows Pines by Unkoku Toshuku.

$64,000 / set

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Women of the Court in the Garden

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese six-panel screen: Women of the Court in the Garden. Edo period (circa 1700) painting of an

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Antique Early 1700s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Women of the Court in the Garden

$63,250

Antique Woodblock Print Kabuki Actors - Edo Period - Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 - 1861) - Kabuki actors Condition Size Frame: 92x53cm Period 19th century

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique Woodblock Print Kabuki Actors - Edo Period - Utagawa Kuniyoshi

$1,276 Sale Price

20% Off

Japanese Screen Pair, circa 1730, Peacocks and Phoenix, Kano School

Located in Kyoto, JP

Phoenix and Peacocks. A pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens by Tsunetake Yotei (n.d

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Antique Early 18th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen Pair, circa 1730, Peacocks and Phoenix, Kano School

$42,500 / set

19th Century Japanese Screen, Deer in Spring, Maruyama Shijo School

Located in Kyoto, JP

-panel deer screen in the Kyoto National Museum, and is similarly painted in color on gold-leaf. Although

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

19th Century Japanese Screen, Deer in Spring, Maruyama Shijo School

$28,000

Late 17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Battle of Ichi-no-tani and Yashima.

Located in Kyoto, JP

screens inspired by this theme from the late Muromachi to the early Edo periods. On the right screen, we

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Late 17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Battle of Ichi-no-tani and Yashima.

$62,000 / set

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers, Edo period painting

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers

$15,000

Japanese Screen Painting, Circa 1700 Tales of Ise by Tosa Mitsusuke

By Tosa Mitsusuke 1

Located in Kyoto, JP

A six-fold Japanese screen by Tosa Mitsusuke (1675-1710), Japan 17th-18th century, Edo period. The

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen Painting, Circa 1700 Tales of Ise by Tosa Mitsusuke

$24,500

Antique Japanese Woodblock - Utagawa Toyokuni l - 1816 (Honjo, Edo Period 1780

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Antique Japanese Woodblock - Utagawa Toyokuni l - 1816 (Honjo, Edo Period 1786-1865 Edo), Diptych

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Woodblock - Utagawa Toyokuni l - 1816 (Honjo, Edo Period 1780

$1,138 Sale Price

45% Off

Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums

Located in Kyoto, JP

Omori Soun (b. 1704) Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens

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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums

$48,000 / set

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Byobu With Chrysanthemums And Autumn Grass and Flower

Located in Torino, IT

The 19th Century Six-Panel Japanese folding screen "Byōbu" usually used in the most important

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Byobu With Chrysanthemums And Autumn Grass and Flower

$23,999

Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan

Located in Kyoto, JP

, gofun, gold and silver on paper. A two-fold Japanese bird and flower screen by the 19th century artist

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan

$29,500

Lovely Japanese 18th-19th Century Edo or Meiji Scroll Painting Japan

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Period 19th century Edo or Meiji period Condition Overall condition A-B Some

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Lovely Japanese 18th-19th Century Edo or Meiji Scroll Painting Japan

$671 Sale Price

20% Off

Lovely Japanese 18th-19th Century Edo or Meiji Scroll Painting Seven Lucky God

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Interesting and finely painted Japanese painting. Provenance: From an old family from Kyoto. width of about 62.0 cm axial destination width of about 67.8 cm × length of about 1...

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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Lovely Japanese 18th-19th Century Edo or Meiji Scroll Painting Seven Lucky God

$1,343 Sale Price

20% Off

Circa 1700 Japanese Sliding Door (Fusuma) Set. Pine Trees on the Seashore.

Located in Kyoto, JP

"Pine Trees on the Seashore" A set of four sliding doors (Japanese fusuma). Ink, color, gold-leaf

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Circa 1700 Japanese Sliding Door (Fusuma) Set. Pine Trees on the Seashore.

$45,000 / set

ntique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Kunisada UTAGAWA (1786-1865) - "Utagawa Kunisada

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A lovely figural print Kunisada UTAGAWA (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) - "The Tale of Genji" Utagawa Kunisada The Tale of Genji - Chapter 12 Condition Woodblock in good condition, ...

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

ntique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Kunisada UTAGAWA (1786-1865) - "Utagawa Kunisada

$273 Sale Price

57% Off

Antique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Kunisada UTAGAWA (1786-1865) - Geisha with Pa..

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A lovely figural print Kunisada UTAGAWA (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) - Condition Woodblock in good condition, but the frame is old and broken. Missing underside. The passe partout h...

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Kunisada UTAGAWA (1786-1865) - Geisha with Pa..

$518 Sale Price

20% Off

Antique Japanese Silk painting Japan Meiji Period Winter Landscape

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

A very nice blockprint 30-5-18-pm-3341 Condition / Overall Condition Perfect. Size frame: 242x 274mm. Period 19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912)

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Silk painting Japan Meiji Period Winter Landscape

$518 Sale Price

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Paravento Giapponese a sei pannelli su foglia d oro.

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

Paravento giapponese a sei pannelli , opera di un pittore della prima metà del 19° secolo, di scuola Rinpa. Sei pannelli dipinti con inchiostro su foglia oro e "gofun" su carta veget...

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Paravento Giapponese a sei pannelli su foglia d oro.

$29,998

Six-panel gold leaf screen

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

Large Japanese six-panel screen, ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, depicting three scenes from Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), the vignettes punctuated by raised golden...

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Six-panel gold leaf screen

$16,799

Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Tosa School

Located in Kyoto, JP

(second half of the 17th Century) Ink, pigment, gofun and gold on paper. Unframed. Dimensions

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Tosa School

$3,200

Japanese 18th Century Tsukinami-e 6 Panel Floor Screen, Edo Period

Located in Norton, MA

A Japanese 18th Century Tsukinami-e 6 Panel Floor Screen depicts the Activities of the Twelve

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Boxes

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Gold Leaf

Japanese 18th Century Tsukinami-e 6 Panel Floor Screen, Edo Period

$97,500 / set

Edo Period, 1603-1868 Sumi-e Dragon Screen with Gold Fleck

Located in Stockbridge, MA

Edo period, '1603-1868' Sumi-e dragon screen with gold flecks. Collected in Kyoto, Japan. Dragon

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Antique 18th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Edo Period, 1603-1868 Sumi-e Dragon Screen with Gold Fleck

$15,000

Edo Six-Panel Japanese Screen

Located in Paris, FR

Beautiful six leaves screen with a golden background decorated with flowering branches in a river

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Antique 1780s Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Six-Panel Japanese Screen

$29,998

Edo Period 1615-1868 Pine Floral and Rabbit Screen

Located in Stockbridge, MA

A beautifully painted screen depicting a pine, chrysanthemums, and a rabbit. This Edo period screen

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Edo Period 1615-1868 Pine Floral and Rabbit Screen

$9,500

19th Century, Japanese Screen, Kano School, Edo Period

Located in London, GB

Six-panel folding screen. Paper, ink, color pigments, and go fun. A stylized meandering river

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Other Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

19th Century, Japanese Screen, Kano School, Edo Period

$16,516

18th Century Six-Panel Screen on Paper, Gold Leaves and Colors

Located in TORINO, IT

18th century six-panel screen on paper, gold leaves and colors, depicting scene from "The tale of

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

18th Century Six-Panel Screen on Paper, Gold Leaves and Colors

$17,999

18th Century Six-Panel Screen on Paper, Gold Leaves and Colors

Located in TORINO, IT

18th century six-panel screen on paper, gold leaves and colors, depicting scene from "The tale of

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

18th Century Six-Panel Screen on Paper, Gold Leaves and Colors

$17,999

18th Century Kano School Golden Painted Folding Screen with Phoenix

By Kano School

Located in Berlin, Berlin

Wonderful two-panel folding screen with painting of a phoenix descending between gold clouds to a

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Kano School Golden Painted Folding Screen with Phoenix

$19,199

18th Century Japanese Painted and Gold Leaf Four-Panel Folding Screen

Located in New York, NY

Edo Period Japanese four-panel screen, mineral pigments painted on gold leaf of an abstract

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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Screens and Room Dividers

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Japanese Painted and Gold Leaf Four-Panel Folding Screen

$18,000

Late Edo Nio Screen

Located in Fukuoka, JP

Late Edo Nio Screen Period: Late Edo, 19th century Size: 170 x 190 cm (67 x 75 inches) SKU: PTA15

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Late Edo Nio Screen

$7,350

Edo Japanese Landscape Screen Four Panels Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

This Japanese screen is a beautiful example of a landscape with pine trees, peonies, birds with

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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Japanese Landscape Screen Four Panels Gold Leaf

$14,159

Edo Landscape Japanese Folding Screen in Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

in ink on gold leaf and "gofun" on vegetable paper. The flowers are made with the "gofun" technique

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Landscape Japanese Folding Screen in Gold Leaf

$11,999

Edo Japanese Folding Screen Four Panels Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

landscape by a painter of the middle of the Rinpa school, 19th century, Four panels painted in ink on gold

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Japanese Folding Screen Four Panels Gold Leaf

$17,999

Edo Japanese Folding Screen Hand Painted on Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

Six-panel screen of the Kano school, painted with mineral pigments on gold leaf and rice paper

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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Japanese Folding Screen Hand Painted on Gold Leaf

$29,998

19th Century, Edo Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

This Japanese screen is a beautiful example of a landscape with a large pine tree, cranes in the

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Antique 1870s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

19th Century, Edo Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Gold Leaf

$14,999

Edo - Japanese Screen Two Panels Hand Painted

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

Decorative and interesting dimension of this Japanese screen from the Edo period, composed of two

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Antique 1750s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo - Japanese Screen Two Panels Hand Painted

$10,319

Edo Japanese Screen Two Panels Rinpa School

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

Early 19th century two panel screen from the Rinpa school Two panels painted with mineral pigments

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Japanese Screen Two Panels Rinpa School

$10,319

Edo, Japanese Screen Two Panels Rinpa School

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

painted in ink on gold leaf and vegetable paper. The flowers are painted with great care with mineral

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo, Japanese Screen Two Panels Rinpa School

$8,999

Edo, Japanese Folding Screen, Six Panels Hand Painted Un Gold Leaf

Located in Brescia, IT

Six-panel summer screen from the "Rinpa school", painted with inks and mineral pigments on rice

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo, Japanese Folding Screen, Six Panels Hand Painted Un Gold Leaf

$15,599

Edo Landscape Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Hand Painted Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

This Japanese screen is a beautiful example of a landscape with pine trees, peonies, birds and

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Landscape Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Hand Painted Gold Leaf

$29,998

Japanese Two-Panel Edo Screen of Ancient Pine

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Remarkable Japanese two-panel Edo period screen of a large ancient pine. Painted on delicate

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Two-Panel Edo Screen of Ancient Pine

$2,000

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Edo Screen Gold For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the piece of edo screen gold you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, gold and gold leaf, every item from our selection of edo screen gold was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect choice in our collection of edo screen gold — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each object in our assortment of edo screen gold bearing hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made option in this array of edo screen gold over the years, but those crafted by Japanese School, Kishi Ganryo and Kiyono Yozan are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Edo Screen Gold?

A piece of edo screen gold can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $16,500, while the lowest priced sells for $636 and the highest can go for as much as $175,000.

A Close Look at Edo Furniture

Edo furniture was created during a flourishing time for the decorative arts owing to the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate rule in Japan. Spanning from 1603 to 1867, this era of peace and economic growth supported artistic advancements in lacquer, woodblock printing, porcelain and other artisanal trades. Because the country was largely isolated, there was little outside influence, leading to centuries of exceptional attention to the design of its furnishings and the quality of its traditional arts.

Unlike during the Meiji period that followed, with an increase in domestic and international markets, furniture during the Edo period was predominately commissioned by the ruling class, although people from across social groups benefited from the burgeoning metropolitan hubs for artisanal trades. For instance, Kyoto became a major center for lacquer art. Most furniture pieces were made from wood such as cedar or ash, including the era’s sashimono cabinets, which involved fine joinery and were rooted in the Heian period.

Sashimono cabinets, which were built by master craftsmen in a range of different wood types owing to the various trees that populate Japan, occasionally featured a stack of slender drawers as well as sliding doors. They were popular with everyone from samurai to kabuki actors. Tansu storage chests crafted from wood with metal fittings were also common in Edo-period homes. Some were designed to be easily portable while others were made to double as staircases.

Painted folding screens, called byōbu, were also fashionable, with Japanese artists inspired by nature, literature and scenes of history and daily life to create vivid works. In Buddhist temples and the palatial homes of the aristocratic class, fusuma, or large sliding panels, would sometimes be adorned with gold or silver leaf. These dividers allowed interiors to change throughout the day, closing in small spaces for personal use or reflecting candlelight to illuminate communal spaces after dark.

Find a collection of Edo tables, lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.

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.