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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 Gold Folding Two-Panel Tea Screen "Contemporary Mountainside"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen furosaki byobu depicting "Contemporary Mountainsides," mineral
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japan Small Folding Two-Panel Furosaki Tea Screen "Contemporary Reeds"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen furosaki byobu depicting "Contemporary Reeds," mineral gold ink
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Six Panel Folding Screen with Cranes, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese six panel folding screen, hand painted in mineral pigments on mulberry paper in a black
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
B57 Japanese Antiques Silver folding screen, 6panels, Sparrows in autumn grass
Located in Niiza, JP
appears to have been well-used.
This is a folding screen with a lot of atmosphere.
*Please handle folding
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape Flowers
Geese
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
B6 Japanese Antiques Silver folding screen, 6-panel , cranes and pine
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver folding screen, 6-panel half-pair, cranes and pine
Size when unfolded: 3180 x 1530 x 17 mm
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Folding Screen with Japanese Illustration
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Folding screen, in wood, Europe, 1930s.
Large wooden folding screen with Japanese illustration
Category
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Japan Small Folding Two-Panel Tea Screen Depicting "Lillies and Lotus"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen byobu depicting "Lillies and lotus," silver leaf and mineral ink
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
B63 Japanese Antiques Silver folding screen, 6panels, Sparrows in autumn grass
Located in Niiza, JP
appears to have been well-used.
This is a folding screen with a lot of atmosphere.
*Please handle folding
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
B01 Japanese Antiques 2panels, Silver back, Banana Plants, Rofuu folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
joints of the folding screen are not strong, so please be careful when opening and closing.
*There is
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Iris Flowers Lanscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
B14 Japanese Antiques 2panels, silk, folding Screen with Gold basGold base
Located in Niiza, JP
with care as the joints of the folding screens are prone to weakening. It is a special technique in
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japan Small Gold Leaf Folding Three-Panel Tea Screen, "Contemporary Leaf"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding three-panel hand applied gold leaf tea screen furosaki byobu depicting "Contemporary
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Showa Folding Byobu Screen Playful Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and whimsical four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting birds playing in a
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
1970s Japanese Four Panel Black Lacquer Folding Screen with Decoupage Scenes
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Japanese four panel black lacquer folding screen with decoupage of typical daily life scenes
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, 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 Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape Hunting Scene
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a hunting scene with various warriors
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Blossoming Floral Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous two-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed 8-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
back) Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a beautiful cherry
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Period Peacock Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a majestic peacock with a tail
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Mountain Landscape Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape scene with a
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Japanese 6-panel folding screen with chrysanthemums on silver leaf
Located in Amsterdam, NL
one, and a wide moss-green one. The folding screen is protected by a wooden frame.
The folding screen
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Floral Landscape Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene/ floral landscape. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape Hunting Scene
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a hunting scene with various warriors
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Blooming Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly stunning four panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a tree in a state of bloom with
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Nature Landscape Floral Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and wonderfully composed hand painted four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Nature Blooming Floral Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous and delicately detailed hand painted four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Peacock
Cherry Blossoms Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a luminous, majestic
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Floral Landscape Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene/ floral landscape. The
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Showa Folding Screen Playful Birds and Flowers
Located in Studio City, CA
A four panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a floral scene with playful birds
Original
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Equestrian Byobu Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A rare, four panel folding Japanese equestrian byobu silk screen depicting five men on horseback
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Lotus Tree Nature Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a lotus
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Hunting Hawks Falcons Bird Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting three distinct tethered
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Large Six-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Plum Tree with Hawk
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely stunning large 6-panel folding screen. One of the most beautiful we have come across
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
B19 Japanese Antiques 2panels, Paper, folding Screen with Pine Tree and Crane
Located in Niiza, JP
, repaired
Please handle with care as the connections of the folding screens are prone to weakening. They are
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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 Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Nesting Birds and Fish
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful four panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting nesting birds, pine trees and fish
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a cherry blossom tree in full bloom
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Weeping Willow Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a Weeping Willow
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Period Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful four-panel Showa period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting playful birds
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Venerable Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a blossoming venerable
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Nature Trees Playful Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting various species of playful birds in a
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a blossoming cherry tree
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Edo Landscape Japanese Six-Panels Folding Screen in Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
Tosa School. Six-panel Japanese screen from the last Edo period, painted with mineral pigments on
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen of Performing Geisha
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene of seven entertaining geisha
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Nature Landscape Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Nature Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with an extended pine
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Large Six-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Landscape Stream with Cranes
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, very large six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a group of cranes
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Large Japanese byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with Nanga School-style painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A captivating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined Nanga School-style painting of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Featuring Happy Monk
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous tall two-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a colorfully clad happy monk with
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a cherry blossom tree in full bloom
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Playful Yellow Bird
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a playful yellow
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene from the Classic Japanese
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Six-Panel Folding Byobu Nature Floral Bird Screen, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with cherry blossoms
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, 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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