Japanese Late 19th Century Six-Panel Paper Screen

Beautiful Edo period Japanese Byobu six panel screen from the early 19th century depicting scenes from the Tale of Genji, with pavilions, gardens and women of the court wearing kimon...

Six panel Tosa school with rich colors depicting a river and bridge. Featuring people in various pursuits. Descended in the Thayer family of Massachusetts.

With a banana leaf palm on the left, at water's edge with geese. Perhaps a scene from the southern islands. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold leaf and a silk brocade border.

Large Japanese screen with 4 leaves composed of lacquer panels with naturalistic decoration, of several sizes: the largest panels are decorated with golden tigers and lions on a blac...

Fascinating Japanese 19th century Edo period six-panel Rakuchu Rakugai folding byobu screen featuring scenes in and around the capitol Kyoto, Japan. This type of non-commissioned scr...

Late Edo period 19th century Japanese six-panel landscape screen featuring a cypress tree over a flowering hibiscus with a pair of hototogisu birds. Kano school painted with ink and ...

Samurai on horseback and by boat from the famous battle of Menpei Japanese folding screen six-panel of "Tosa School" painted with mineral pigments on vegetable on golden silk , earl...

A delightful Japanese six panel painted paper screen featuring the beloved figure Hotei, Edo Period, early 19th century. Hotei, called Budai in China, and known as the Laughing Buddha or Fat Buddha in the West, is considered to be an emanation of Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future. In Japan, he also holds a special place as one of the Seven Lucky Gods, being the god of fortune, and protector of children. He is always portrayed as a mirthful and corpulent man, dressed in loose robes that show off his round belly. He carries a sack with him, said to be filled with treasure. As the protector of children, he is often portrayed with them playing on or around him, as he is here. The children portrayed in this screen are dressed in Chinese style clothing...

A six-panel Japanese paper screen with poems, autumn flowers, bamboo fence and Mandarin ducks. Poems are believed to be earlier but were probably...

This 20th Century Japanese Six-Panel River Screen is a beautiful example of traditional Japanese screen art, featuring a serene river scene. These ...