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Japanese Birds, Bamboo, And Plum Tree Summer Time Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just acquired in Kyoto, Japan
A suumer time treat as this rendered smaller scale Japanese six
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
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
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
Japanese Four Panel Screen Quail in Flower Bamboo Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese four-panel byobu screen of three quail in a flowering bamboo landscape. Ink and
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper, Wood
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 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
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 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 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 Four-Panel Screen of White Egret with Waves
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Modern style Japanese four-panel folding byobu screen depicting a white egret with crashing waves
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Large Japanese Contemporary Red Black Gilded Folding Screen, Raised Silk Brocade
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Unique extraordinary Japanese contemporary "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Wild Geese in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting three wild geese in flight above
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Songbirds in Cherry Blossoms
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Attractive Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen featuring a pair of songbirds amid spring
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 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 Two-Panel Autumn Quail and Flora Gilt Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese two-panel gilt byobu screen featuring autumn quail and flora over a gourd leaf
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 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
Large Contemporary Japanese Orange Black Gilded Silk Brocade Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Unique exquisite Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Decorative Art
Materials
Gold
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 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 Four-Panel Screen Blue Herons on Willow Tree
By Kozui Hitsu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese four-panel byobu screen depicting two blue herons sitting on a willow tree
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Kano School Applied Vignettes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive 18th century Japanese Edo period six-panel byobu screen with applied vignettes by
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
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 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 Large Contemporary Black Red Gilded Silk Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary two panel signed "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Japanese Antique Blue Stream With Iris Flowers And Ducks Two Panel Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an antique two panel byobu screen, in a convenient displayable wall size featuring a pair of
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paper
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
Japanese Large 6-Panel Room Divider with a Painting on Silver Leaf of Herons
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Attractive and large Japanese six-panel byôbu (room divider) with a refined painting on oxidized
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
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 Style Four Panel Screen Flowering Prunus with Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Delightful Japanese style four panel folding byobu screen depicting a pair of mandarin ducks and a
Category
20th Century Chinese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Bamboo Waterfall with Magpies
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Chinese four panel Japanese style byobu folding screen depicting a waterfall landscape. The
Category
20th Century Chinese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Manchurian Cranes in Pine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating 20th century Japanese style byobu four-panel folding screen. The screen is titled
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export 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
"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 Flock of Cranes in Pine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning late 20th century Japanese style byobu four-panel screen depicting a flock or sedge of
Category
20th Century Chinese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Edo Period Six Panel Folding Screen, Depicting the Hie Sanno Matsuri Festival
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Japanese six panel folding screen (byobu[i]) in sumi, colors and gold leaf (kinpaku) on
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
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
Pheasant Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Meiji period c 1890s. Japanese byobu (two panel screen) of a pair of pheasants. Mounted on silk
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
$15,500
A six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large six panel screen decorated with scenes from the famous Japanese novel The Tale of Genji
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Ink
Byobu, Antique Japanese Screen Painting, Four Panels, Signed
Located in Bavaria, Munich, DE
Byobu, Antique Japanese Screen Painting, gold leaf gilded, 4 panels, signed.
Ca. 1930. With some
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Decorative Art
Large and Beautiful Rokkyoku Byōbu Screen, Japan, 20th Century
Located in Bavaria, Munich, DE
chiseled gilt bronze stylized motifs on angles. An large Japanese six-panel folding screen (byobu
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Paintings and Screens
A pair of six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
Each screen similarly decorated with gold and silver fans painted with flowers, fruits and other plants, floating over stylized waves bordered by a curving bank lined with reeds bent...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver
Japanese Kano School Six-Panel Folding Screen
Byobu,
Meiji Period
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Kano school six-panel folding screen (Byobu), Meiji period (1868-1912).
Depicting six
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Gold Byobu Folding Screen Flowers and Birds, 19th Century Paravent
Located in Bavaria, Munich, DE
Rare size:
169 x 184 cm / 65.9 x 71.8 inch.
Hand-painted, gold silk.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Late 18th-19th century Japanese Screen, Byobu, Scenes from Kyoto to Tokyo
Located in New York, NY
beautiful antique six-fold Japanese screen. The subject is "Tokaido", which features famous locations
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Floral Painting, Watercolor Gold Leaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
.
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from wind”, were originally
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Lotus Pond and Mandarin Ducks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from wind”, were originally developed to be used as
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Calligraphy Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original Japanese 2 panel hand painted "byobu" screen with characters. "Winter is Coming" 1200189
Category
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Rising Sun Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese two-panel screen (byobu). Showa period, circa 1950s. Kyoto screen artist depicts sun
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Lily Pond Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Japanese two-panel byobu (screen). Meiji period, circa 1885. With black ink (sumi) painting
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese 2 Panel Quail Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Japanese 2 panel byobu circa 1880. Quail with flower motif. 1200180-405010
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese 2 Panel Kiku Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original Japanese 2 panel hand painted "byobu" kiku with water (chrysanthemum) screen. Meiji
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Small Japanese Folding Screen with Cityscape
Located in Seattle, WA
A small Japanese four-panel folding screen (byobu) depicting an Edo period cityscape with merchants
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Art
Japanese 2 Panel Peacock Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese hand painted byobu screen with peacocks and pine tree. Late Edo-early Meiji Period - Kano
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Two Panel Folding Screen with Plum and Doves
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese four panel folding screen (byobu) with polychrome painting on paper of doves in a
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Aviation Objects
Japanese Gold Byobu Folding Screen FLOWERS
BIRDS 18th c.
Located in Bavaria, Munich, DE
Japanese Gold Byobu Folding Screen FLOWERS & BIRDS
ca. 1790
Size 385cm x 168cm
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Japanese Byobu For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Japanese byobu for your home. A Japanese byobu — often made from metal, paper and wood — can elevate any home. There are 86 variations of the antique or vintage Japanese byobu you’re looking for, while we also have 8 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a Japanese byobu — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A Japanese byobu made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Hollywood Regency — is very popular. Robert Crowder each produced at least one beautiful Japanese byobu that is worth considering.
How Much is a Japanese Byobu?
Prices for a Japanese byobu can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $285 and can go as high as $32,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,598.
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.
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