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Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape with Koi Carp
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring three luminous swimming
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
Japanese Asian Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen of White Cranes and Full Moon
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese/Asian/Chinese Byobu folding screen depicting five
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Showa Folding Byobu Screen Playful Birds Tree
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
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Nature Tree Blossom Bird Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Kyoto Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape scene with
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Large Edo Period Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Floral Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a floral landscape scene from the
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Asian Large Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Nature Bird Landscape Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting various nature/landscape
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Four-panel Japanese Byobu Folding Screen depicts a scene of Egrets, 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene of Egrets resting in a forest. The dark
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Cranes by Ocean 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A magnificent six panel Japanese Byobu folding screen (likely Meiji Period but possibly Edo period
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Deer in Misty Forest Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Ducks on Pond 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting two ducks on a tranquil pond with
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Tosa School Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen "Tales of Genji", 1800 Edo
Located in Studio City, CA
Japanese screens and antiquities, in New York. It has been recently valued at 15k.
An original and
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Tosa School Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen "Tales of Genji", 1770 Edo
Located in Studio City, CA
A mesmerizing Edo period six panel byobu screen with intricately hand painted Imperial courtyard
Category
Antique 1770s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, 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 scenes from the Classic Japanese
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
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 landscape scene from the classic
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting scenes from the Classic Japanese 11th
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, 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
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, tall two-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting scenes from the Classic Japanese
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Chinese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Landscape with Children
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese-style Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese antique 2 wood panel folding room divider, Byobu, folding screen
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
traditional style house) in Ibaraki pref., Japan.
Random color tones and deep grains by age, only comes from a
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Primitive Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Folding Fan, 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese folding fan exquisitely painted in gold, white, black and green depicting a branch of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japan Small Gold Leaf Folding Three-Panel Tea Screen Ideal size For Special Wall
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 18th Century Large 6-Panel Folding Screen by Mori Yôshin 森陽信
By Mori Yôshin 森陽信
Located in Amsterdam, NL
cm.
Period: Japan - Second half 18th century (Edo period).
The folding screen is ideal for mounting
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century Japanese School Four Panel Painted Folding Table Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
20th Century Japanese School Four Panel Painted Folding Table Screen.
Very good vintage condition.
Category
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese antique Yoshino Cedar 2-panel folding room divider Byobu folding screen
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
traditional style house) in Nara pref., Japan. It's new finds from the lumber dearer's house, used at their
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Primitive Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Vintage Japanese Byobu 4 Panel Silk Hand Painted Crane Lotus Folding Screen
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Japanese chinoiserie four panel thick paper room screen showing a gnarled pine tree
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
B5 Japanese Antiques Silver folding screen, 2-panel set, bamboo, and plum
Located in Niiza, JP
.
※Please handle with care as the connections of the folding screens
are prone to weakening.
They are
Category
20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Handsome Small, Simple Gold Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
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A simple smaller scale Japanese gold leaf six-panel folding
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Handsome Small, Simple Gold Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
A simple smaller scale Japanese gold leaf six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Brilliant Spring Summer Gold Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size 20 inches high and 54 inches length.
This brilliant
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese 2-Panel Furosaki’byôbu 風炉先屏風
Tea-Ceremony Folding Screen
with Dragons
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Japan. Which also explains its position on the left screen, as it represents 'the West'.
This work is
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage 4 Panel Gold Japanese Silk Byobu Folding Room Screen Wall Art Bird
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage hand painted Japanese byobu room screen featuring a bird perched on a flowering tree branch
Category
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Hardwood, Paint
Pair of Large Japanese 6-Panel Nanga Sansui Folding Screens by Oka Buntô 岡文濤
By Oka Buntô
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Pair of impressive mid-sized byôbu (folding screens) with Nanga style paintings depicting scenes
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Flowers
Located in Astoria, NY
A two-panel, folding, painted, Japanese screen with colorful, floral decoration.
Good vintage
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen of Flowers
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese four-panel folding byobu screen depicting hand-painted flowers on an unusual
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Screen Autumn Geese
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Golden Japanese four-panel folding Byobu screen of Autumn geese on a gilt background. Beautifully
Category
20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Carved and Inlaid Shibayama Folding Screen, Japan, Meiji Era, circa 1890
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Folding creen with 2 panels in carved, inlaid and lacquered wood.
The upper and lower parts are
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Folding Screen "雨路風 " 1974 /Mingei Wabisabi/
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
old Japanese folding screen was created in 1947 (Showa 49).
On its wooden panels are ink paintings
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Paintings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Showa Period Garden Folding Screen Two Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Oriental Spring Garden: Japanese two-panel screen painted on rice paper from the Showa period.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Persimmon Tree Silver Gilt Moriage Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional Japanese four panel silver gilt folding screen of a Persimmon tree made in the low
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Silver Leaf
Japanese Jean Dunand Style Art Deco Gilt Folding Screen
By Jean Dunand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large six-panel room divider screen with gilt and polychromed lacquered wood. The panels have hand
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Japanese Brilliant Blue Bird Of Paradise Gold Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size 18 inches high and 48 inches length
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Showa Four-Panel Screen Pair of Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese Showa period four-panel folding screen depicting a pair of Manchurian red-crowned
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Four Panel Square Silver Leaf Bird Flower Folding Screen
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An impressive silver leafed 4 panel screen or room divider featuring flying geese, as well as blue
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Rimpa School Autumn Foliage Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Unique Japanese two-panel folding screen depicting a garden scene of autumn grasses, leaves, and
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Foil
Japanese Vintage Misty Clouds Hand Painted 2 Panel Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
An attractive and vibrant small scale Japanese hand painted two-panel folding screen byobu
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Hand Painted, 5 Panel Folding Screen with Crane Birds, Room Divider
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Hand Painted, 5 Panel Folding Screen with Crane Birds, Room Divider
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Birds, Bamboo, And Plum Tree Summer Time Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
-panel folding screen byobu was conceived in this convenient size 18 inches high and 48 inches length
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Screen, Peacock and Peahen, Meiji Era, circa 1900
Located in Kyoto, JP
- Seichiku Jushi
A two-fold Japanese silk screen from the late Meiji period depicting a peacock with its
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
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
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 Meiji Two Panel Screen Cherry Blossoms Yoshino Mountain
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene late 19th century Meiji period Japanese two-panel folding screen depicting a spring
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Silver Leaf
Meiji Period Japanese Screen, Autumn Grasses on Silver-Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
Autumn Grasses
Anonymous
Six-fold Japanese screen. Ink, pigment, gofun and silver-leaf on paper
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Four Panel Japanese Screen Birds and Flowers
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3972 Japanese 4 panel folding screen of birds and flowers.
Category
Vintage 1960s Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Fruitwood, Paint
Japanese Vintage Red and White Painted Small 2 Panel Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
A brilliant and vibrant small scale Japanese hand painted two-panel folding screen byobu conceived
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
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
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
Japanese Vintage Six-Panel Gold Screen with Landscape and Mythical Horses
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese vintage six-panel folding gilded screen with landscape and mythical horses. This vintage
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
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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 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.
- 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.
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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