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Pair of 19th Century Japanese Six Fold Silvered Paper Screens
Located in London, GB
Pair of highly decorative Japanese six fold silvered paper screens, with green decoration
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Striking Japanese Late 19th Century Two-Fold Gilt Paper Screen
Located in London, GB
An extremely striking Japanese two-fold paper screen with a silver painted moon against a
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese, Early 20th Century Six-Fold Gold Paper Screens
Located in London, GB
Pair of six-fold Japanese paper screens, early 20th century. The gold ground decorated with wild
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Antique Japanese Screen
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Wonderful quality 18th century Japanese screen with six fold gilded panels covered with landscape
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Wood, Paint
$2,546
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
Pair of Japanese 19th Century Six Fold Screens with Gold Leaf Background
Located in London, GB
A wonderfully decorative pair of Japanese 19th century six fold screens. The gold leaf background
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Japanese Paper Four Fold Screen With Gnarled Pine Tree, Early 20thC.
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century traditional Japanese four fold paper screen depicting a large central gnarled
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Pair of Six-Fold Japanese Screens Attribtuted to Kano Sansetsu, 1590-1651
Located in Milano, IT
Seasons belongs to a major lineage of Japanese painting, descending from late medieval folding screens
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Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Six Fold Screen Depicting Maple Trees
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Japanese beige ground paper six fold screen depicting red leaf maple trees in
Category
20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 20thC Japanese Six Fold Screen of a Landscape with Gold Background
Located in London, GB
Highly decorative Japanese six fold screen depicting an evocative mountain landscape with clouds
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mountain Landscape Six-Panel Folding Screens
By Nishii Keigaku 1
Located in New York, NY
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and mineral colors on silk.
Each panel measures: 66 x 146 1
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Mid 20th Century Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen - Flower Cart
Located in Charlotte, NC
An Asian Japanese four-panel folding screen. Untitled, (Flower Cart). Unsigned, artist unknown
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Metal
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
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Other Screens and Room Dividers
Birds in Pomegranate Tree Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Two-panel folding screen with fine painting in ink, mineral colors, and gold leaf on paper of a
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Six-Panel Peacock Folding Screen by Hirai Chokusui
By Hirai Chokusui
Located in Culver City, CA
This six-panel folding screen by Hirai Chokusui, which includes the artist's seal, shows two vivid
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
18th Century Six-Panel Japanese Screen Rakuchu Rakugai
Located in Paris, FR
Six fold panels Japanese screen views in and around the capital : numerous scenes and temples from
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Ink
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
Two-Panel Folding Screen with Autumn Landscape, circa 1860-70
Located in Milano, IT
A two-panel folding screen with autumn landscape
circa 1860-70
Measures: Height: 171 cm
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pair of Japanese Painted Silver Screens by Suzuki Shonen
Located in Seattle, WA
Exceptionally rare pair of Japanese six-panel folding screens by Suzuki Shonen (1849-1918). Each
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Ink
Japanese Screen, Koi Pond on Silk
Located in San Diego, CA
Japanese four-panel folding screen. Painted on silk, this scene depicts two koi swimming.
Category
Vintage 1930s Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Japanese Four-Fold Screen with Painted Orange Moon on Gold Ground, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally elegant Japanese four-fold paper screen, circa 1880. With a painted orange moon
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Six Panel Paper Screen on Gold Ground, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Highly decorative Japanese six-fold paper screen. With a gold leaf background, and a flock of
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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
Japanese Paper Screen, Cherry Tree in Blossom on a Gold Ground, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
Elegant Japanese six fold paper screen with polychrome cherry blossom. Detail of blossom buds and
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Painted Screen with Bamboo
Sparrows
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese three panel folding screen or byobu, with gold leaf (kinpaku) ground and polychrome
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Screen with Kingfisher
Bamboo Fish Traps
Located in Seattle, WA
Exceptional Japanese two-panel folding screen, or byobu, with polychrome painting on paper of a
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Important Pair Edo Period Six-Fold Screens, circa 1776
By Yoshimura Shuzan and Hokkyo Sotatsu Zu
Located in New York, NY
# T541 PAIR important Edo Period six-fold screens after Sotatsu, Rimpa School (front) and Yoshimura
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Six-Fold Screen , Edo Period 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Edo period six-fold screen decorated with white spider chrysanthemums growing beside a
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Screens and Room Dividers
Meiji Japanese Two Fold Landscape Screen
Located in Seattle, WA
Lovely Meiji Japanese two-fold screen in nice small size. Natural landscape with stream
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
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
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Aviation Objects
Early 20th Century Gilded Six Fold Paper Screen
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century six fold paper screen, depicting an imaginary mountainous landscape with
Category
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Japanese Kano School Screen with Exotic Bird
Pine Tree
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese Kano school eight-panel folding screen, or byobu depicting an exotic bird perched on an
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Art
Materials
Ink, Paper
Imperial Chinese Silk Tapestry
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extremely rare Imperial Chinese cut silk tapestry mounted on a Japanese red lacquered folding
Category
Antique 19th Century Tapestries
Materials
Metal
Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Rinpa School, 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of six-panel screen with a silver ground, decorated with the “Seven kinds of grass of Autumn
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Lotus Pond
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
distressed effect.
Size: 60" W x 48" H (152cm W x 122cm H)
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Scattered Orchids
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 Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Scattered Orchids
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 Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Cranes Painting, Watercolor, Goldleaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
support.
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from wind
Category
2010s Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Cranes Painting, Watercolor, Goldleaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
support.
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from wind
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Iris Painting, Watercolor, Goldleaf
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 White Sakura Blossom
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
(203cm W x 122cm H)
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Hawks Painting Watercolor Silver Leaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
and provide support.
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection
Category
2010s Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Rice Paper
Handpainted Japanese Folding Screen
Byobu
Cranes by the River, Gold Leaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
support.
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from wind
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Floral Painting, Watercolor Gold Leaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
support.
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from wind
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Flying Cranes on Goldleaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
)
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from wind”, were originally
Category
2010s Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Persimmon Tree on Glodleaf
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 Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Cranes by the River
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
support.
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu. Literally “protection from wind”, were
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Egrets by the Trees
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 Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Egrets by the Trees
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 Cranes by the Reeds
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 Wisteria by the Pond
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
(203cm W x 94cm H)
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from
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
screen for a distressed effect.
Size: 60" W x 48" H (152cm W x 122cm H)
Traditional folding screens
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Lotus Pond and Mandarin Ducks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
screen for a distressed effect.
Size: 60" W x 48" H (152cm W x 122cm H)
Traditional folding screens
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Red and White Plum Blossom
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
(203cm W x 94cm H)
Traditional folding screens from Japan, known as Byobu - literally “protection from
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century, Japanese Folding Screen, Picture of Sericulture, Edo Period
Located in Central Hong-Kong, HK
the family undertook the weaving responsibility. The screen depicts the activities of women
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Embroidered Silk Four-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Locarno, CH
Beautiful Japanese folding screen from the Meiji period (1868-1912). The structure is made in
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Silk
Japanese Two Fold Tagasode Screen
Located in New York, NY
Two panel Japanese screen with Tagasode design (meaning whose sleeves). This screen depicts kimonos
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Japanese Folding Screens For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of Japanese folding screens available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, metal and wood, all Japanese folding screens available were constructed with great care. Find 148 antique and vintage Japanese folding screens at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 43 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Japanese folding screens have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Japanese folding screens made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Arts and Crafts — are very popular at 1stDibs. Japanese School, Ryosuke Harashima and Kano Tanshin each produced beautiful Japanese folding screens that are worth considering.
How Much are Japanese Folding Screens?
Japanese folding screens can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $7,850, while the lowest priced sells for $248 and the highest can go for as much as $198,390.
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 Japanese Folding Screens
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021Japanese screens are called Byōbu and are made from many panels with beautiful calligraphy and paintings. These folding screens can be a decorative and interesting way to separate rooms in a living space. Find a collection of Japanese screens for sale on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Japanese screen painting is the art of creating byōbu, or Japanese screens. Byōbu vary in subject matter and style. The screens are free-standing, portable and decorated with symbolic images or calligraphy. It is common to find byōbu in pairs with at least two panels. Shop a selection of byōbu on 1stDibs.
Lotus GalleryMarch 17, 2021A Japanese low screen was traditionally used while seated upon the floor. The low screen would block wind and drafts, provide limited privacy, and are often decorated with seasonal themes.
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