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Traditional Japanese Silk Brocade Black Gold Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary two-panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring two graceful ladies
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Japan Small Gold Folding Two-Panel Tea Screen "Majestic Mountainsides"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen furosaki byobu depicting "Majestic Mountainsides ," mineral ink
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japan Small Folding Two-Panel 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
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japan Small Folding Two-Panel 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
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen with Hand-Painted Cranes
Located in New York, NY
These two-panel Japanese antique folding screens can come together to form a longer four-panel room
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Contemporary Black Green Silk Brocade Two Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring two graceful
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Japanese Style Four Panel Folding Screen with Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Midcentury Japanese style four panel folding Byobu screen featuring a landscape scene with four
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th Century Japanese Hand Painted Folding Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Japanese four panel wallpaper screen featuring a beautiful hand-painted blue paper ground
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Oriental style folding screen
Located in LYON, FR
Oriental style painted screen probably made in france in the 1970's
Sourced in Lyon France
Category
Vintage 1970s French Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood
A 19th Century Two-Fold Japanese Silk Screen Painting Depicting Hawks
Located in London, GB
Japan, Meiji period, Circa 1860
A rare two fold silk screen graphically painted with hunting hawks
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Cherry Blossom Pavillion
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a cherry blossom viewing
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Japanese Large Black Yellow Gilded Raised Silk Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary two-panel folding screen or "byobu" featuring genryoku style handcrafted
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Brocade
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Village Landscape Scene
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a colorful village scene with
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Winter Nature Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a stark winter
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
Contemporary Japanese Red Blue Yellow Silk Two Panel Folding Screen, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Mesmerizing Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring Genryoku style
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
18th Century Mid-Edo Japanese Six Panels Folding Screen Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
This Japanese screen is a good omen, cranes and pines are symbols of longevity and health
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large folding screen
Located in Isle Sur Sorgue, FR
Exceptional 6 panels Japanese style vintage folding screen.
Gold leaves use and finely painted
Category
Vintage 1970s Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,683
Japanese Antique Folding Screen Covered with Silver Leaf 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old folding screen made in Japan.
It is entirely covered with silver paper.
It is
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cedar, Paper
Japanese six-panel folding screen with gold-leaf depicting an idyllic landscape
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel folding screen, decorated with gold leaf and gold powder, depicting a
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Japanese Landscape Rinpa School Folding Screen Six Panels Gold Left
Located in Brescia, IT
Landscape with flowering sakura trees of the Edo period.
Six-panel screen painted with mineral
Category
Antique 1840s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Large Edo Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Forest Tree Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
of Trees Japanese Byobu folding screen/room divider depicting a vast forest scene with lush emerald
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Showa Period Four Fold Embroidered Screen
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period four fold embroidered screen, each rectangular panel embroidered with abundant
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Sheraton Paintings and Screens
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Cranes in Flight over Sea
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a flock of silhouetted cranes/birds
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of 18th Century Gold, Painted Japanese Six Fold Screens,
Byobu
Edo Period
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A pair of 18th century gold and painted Japanese six fold screens, (Byobu) Edo period. These are a
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Hand Painted Screen
Located in Firenze, IT
Japan, Taishō period (1912 - 1926)
A traditional Japanese Taishō period four fold paper screen
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Vintage 4-Panel Silk Japanese Byobu Folding Screen with White Peonies
Located in Sheridan, CO
, closed 36 x 18.
Vintage 4-Panel Hand-Painted Silk Japanese Byobu Folding Screen ~71" x 36". Hand painted
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread
Red Japanese Lacquer Four-Panels Folding Screen, Meiji Period, 1868-1912
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Red Japanese lacquer four panels folding screen "{yonkyoku byobu}".
The panels are decorated with
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Etched Lacquer and Painted Folding Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Japanese Etched Lacquer and Painted Folding Screen
This impressive screen has four superbly
Category
Vintage 1940s Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Lacquer
A Six-panel Naturalistic Folding Screen
Located in Milano, IT
Six-panel folding nature screen, made on paper decorated with pigments and gold dust.
The panels are framed by light silk borders, with lacquered wood frame and metal corners. Sign...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
19th Century Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Four Fold Japanese Screen
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A 19th century black lacquer chinoiserie four fold Japanese screen
This is a very heavy piece
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Antique 1890s Japanese Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Vintage Japanese 4 Panel Black Lacquer Floral Bird Folding Screen Byobu 36"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Japanese Chinoiserie four panel folding screen featuring black lacquer and gold painted
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Mid-Century Japanese Hand Painted Byobu 4 Panel Silk Folding Screen Gold
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage hand painted Japanese byobu four panel folding screen featuring a gnarled pine tree on a
Category
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Lacquer, Paint
Midcentury Teak Kumiko Folding Screen Room Divider Japanese Art Latticework
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
This wonderful four-panel folding wooden screen makes for a very elegant room divider. The Japanese
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Teak
A Japanese 6 Panel Dragon Screen
By Ooka Shunboku
Located in Austin, TX
A fabulous Japanese 6 panel folding screen (byobu) by Ooka Shunboku (1680 - 1763) of the Kano
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Ink, Paper
Antique Japanese Edo Period Six Panel Folding Screen with Cranes
Located in Astoria, NY
A Japanese six panel folding screen, or byobu. The piece is decorated with a grouping of cranes in
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Japanese Byobu Hand Painted Silk Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful early-mid 20th century 6 panel Japanese Byobu folding screen. It is signed and features
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
Asian Two-Fold Lacquered Screen from the 19th c.
Located in Austin, TX
A 19th century two-fold lacquered screen featuring Japan-laquered front and back on rolling brass
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Japanese Carved Wood and Soapstone Four Panel Screen
Located in Troy, MI
Turn of the century Japanese wood folding screen has four panels of carved and ebonised wood
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Asian Silk Embroidered Eight Panel Room Divider Folding Screen, Japan, 1950s
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning and ultra rare eight panel Asian folding screen with exceptional embroidered detail on
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Wood
Vintage 4-Fold Privacy Screen, Japanese, Embroidered, Room Divider, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4-fold privacy screen. A Japanese, silk cotton embroidered room divider, dating
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silk
Japanese Edo Period 4-Panel Screen with Raised Flowers
Located in Astoria, NY
An antique Japanese four-panel folding screen from the Edo Period. The piece is decorated with
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Japanese Six-Panel Silver Leaf Meiji Period Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Japanese six-panel folding byobu screen featuring a hand-painted silver leaf finish
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Silver Leaf
A six-panel folding screen depicting the Chinese imperial court
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel screen made of paper, decorated with gold leaf and polychrome pigments
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A six-panel paper folding screen depicting a chrysanthemum garden
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel paper folding screen depicting a garden of white and yellow chrysanthemums
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Japanese Edo Style Four-Panel Spring Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Japanese four-panel folding screen made in the Edo period style. Depicts an idyllic
Category
20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
A six-panel folding screen depicting a garden of flowers
Located in Milano, IT
Six-panel screen painted on paper with pigments, gofun and gold leaf, featuring a refined
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A six-panel folding screen inspired by the Tales of Genji
Located in Milano, IT
Six-panel folding screen, made of painted paper, embellished with gold dust and gold leaf
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
19th Century Japanese Folk Art 4 Fold Screen, Room Divider
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th century Japanese Folk Art 4 fold screen, room divider
This is a heavy piece, the screen is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japonisme Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
A four-panel folding screen depicting a Yamabushi and two Samurai
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese four-panel screen painted on paper and enriched with gold powder, depicting a dramatic
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A six-panel folding screen depicting scenes from the Tales of Genji
Located in Milano, IT
Six-panel folding screen painted on paper, with pigments, gold dust and gold leaf, depicting two
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Small Six-Panel Screen, Meiji Period circa 1900
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Japanese screens this piece folds to a comfortable shipping size of H 63cm x W 43cm x D 20cm
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Tall Vintage Room Divider, Japanese, 4 Fold Screen, Mid Century, Circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a tall vintage room divider. A Japanese, 4 fold screen, dating to the mid 20th century
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Japan Silver Leaf Two-Panel Screen Grazing Horses, Taisho Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen byobu depicting "Grazing Horses," silver leaf and mineral ink
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
E. W. Godwin, Attri An Anglo-Japanese Four-Fold Screen With Japanese Silk Scenes
By Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (attributed), a walnut four-fold screen, bevel glazed, with woven silk and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Walnut
Japanese Fine Birds, Fish, Dragon
Flowers "Fan" Hand Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
A fine early small scale Japanese hand-painted six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a unique
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A six-panel folding screen depicting a floral and a naturalistic scene
Located in Milano, IT
Six-panel folding screen, made on paper decorated with pigments and gold dust, depicting a floral
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Petite Japanese Lacquer and Painted 3 Fold Screen, in The Garden
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Petite Japanese Lacquer and Painted 3 Fold Screen, in The Garden
This delightful 3 fold screen is
Category
Vintage 1950s Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Pine
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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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