Japanese Asian Edo Meiji 6 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Red Crown Cranes Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite large antique six-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene with red crowned cranes, other playful birds and boldly colored blossoming S...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tale of Genji & Cherry Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene from the Classic Japanese narrative "Tale of Genji" featuring various characters in a cherry blossom tree villag...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Nanban Ship at Sea Arrival Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, quite engaging four-panel Showa Period Japanese Nanban (Namban) Byobu folding screen depicting the exotic arrival by ship and activities of Southern Barbarians (Portugue...
Gold Leaf
Edo-Style Six-Panel Japanese Byobu Screen with Gold Paint Landscape
Located in Hamburg, PA
This Asian screen print is a stunning six-panel byobu (folding screen) featuring a traditional Japanese landscape.
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Six-Panel Byōbu/ Screen Depicting Kimonos and Obi Draped on an Ikō Rac
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Japanese Six-Panel Byōbu/Screen Depicting Kimonos and Obi Draped on an Ikō Rack A beautifully composed Japanese six-panel byōbu screen depicting an elegant assemblage of...
Brass
Golden 10 Panel Japanese Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Historically, folding screens (in Japanese 'byōbu', literally 'wind wall) were used to direct air circulation and create privacy in the flexible, open floor plan common in the tradit...
Wood, Paint, Paper
Chinoiserie Japanese Cherry Blossom Byobu 8 Panel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Japanese Cherry Blossom Byobu 8 Panel Folding Screen Room Divider.
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Horses in Stable
Located in Hudson, NY
This is a beautiful and evocative antique Japanese six-panel folding screen (Byōbu), a classic example of the popular "Horses in Stable" (Umaya-zu) motif from the Edo Period (1603-18...
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Taisho Two-Panel Landscape Screen Traveler Waystation
Located in Rio Vista, CA
An important and finely executed Japanese two-panel folding byōbu screen crafted in the Nihonga tradition, depicting a traveler’s waystation set within a mist-laden mountain landscape.
Wood, Paper, Silk
Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens Edo Period Vignettes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive pair of Japanese two-panel byobu screens featuring late 18th-century edo period applied vignettes, poems, and paintings in various formats over a dramatic gold leaf square...
Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Edo/Tokugawa Screens Tale of Heiki
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental pair of late 18th century Japanese Edo/Tokugawa period byobu screens depicting the battles between Taira and Minamoto.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Shōwa Four-Panel Screen with Flying Cranes, Signed, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Four-Panel Screen of Flying Cranes, Signed, Shōwa Period (1926–1989), circa 1950 A striking Japanese four-panel folding screen (byōbu) depicting an elegant gathering of red...
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Japanese Edo Screens of Chinese Immortals
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mesmerizing pair of late 18th/early 19th century Japanese Edo period byobu screens by Shibata Gito (Japanese 1780-1819).
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Edo Four-Panel Gold Leaf Samurai Battle Screen, circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Edo Period Four-Panel Byōbu Screen Depicting a Daimyō Samurai Procession An impressive and unusually large Japanese four-panel folding screen (byōbu) dating to the Edo peri...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Large Red Silk Brocade Gilded Two Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese two panel folding screen or "byobu" featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono in cream and gold needlework on a mesmerizing red backgrou...
Gold
Japanese Meiji-Taisho Two-Panel Screen with Owl & Bamboo, circa 1915
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji-Taisho Two-Panel Screen with Owl & Bamboo, circa 1915 A beautifully painted Japanese two-panel folding screen (byōbu) depicting a solitary owl perched quietly amo...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Pair of Japanese Meiji Screens Blossoms of Spring, Summer and Autumn
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing pair of late 19th/early 20th century Japanese Meiji period byobu screens depicting flowering plants and blossoms of the spring, summer, and autumn.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Rare Japanese Floor Screen of Perched Eagles Soga Shohaku Edo period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare six-panel Japanese folding floor screen (Byōbu) by Soga Shōhaku (1730-1781) from Edo period.
Brocade, Wood, Paper
Japanese Shōwa Two-Panel Screen of Mother & Child by Shibata Suika, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Depicting a Korean Mother Nursing Her Child by Shibata Suika, Shōwa Period, circa 1930 A beautifully executed Japanese two-panel folding screen (byōbu) by ...
Wood
Kiku to Hagi Byobu, Rinpa School Style, Edo Period.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Chrysanthemum and Bush Clover painting on gold leaf six-panel folding screen, painted with clusters of leafy green chrysanthemum plants with white blossoms having moriage relief p...
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Japanese 6-Panel Gouache and Gold Leaf Painted Table Screen
Located in Morristown, NJ
Plum blossoms are often mentioned in Japanese poetry as a symbol of spring. Japanese folding screens, or byobu (“wind screens”), are free-standing, portable, and typically ornamente...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Edo Six-Panel Screen with Poetry & Court Figures, circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
An elegant Japanese six-panel folding screen (byōbu) combining beautifully brushed classical calligraphy with finely painted portraits of Heian-period court nobles.
Wood, Paper
B47 Japanese antique, cedar Byobu folding screen, room dividers
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Cedar, wood 1 piece: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 33 mm Expanded size: Width 1400 mm Folded size: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 70 mm, weight 10 kg Packaging (4-5 mm t...
Wood, Cedar
B40 Japanese antique, cedar Byobu folding screen, room dividers
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Cedar 1 piece: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 33 mm Expanded size: Width 1400 mm Folded size: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 70 mm, weight 10 kg Packaging (4-5 mm thick p...
Cedar, Wood
Rare Set of Japanese Byōbu Screen Copper Holders, 19th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A very rare and unusual set of Japanese byōbu (folding screen) holders, crafted in the elegant form of partially opened hand fans.
Copper
B43 Japanese antique, pine, cedar Byobu folding screen, room dividers
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Pine & cedar etc 1 piece: Width 900 x Height 1740 x Depth 30 mm Expanded size: Width 1800 mm Folded size: Width 900 x Height 1740 x Depth 60 mm, weight 14 kg Packaging (4-5...
Cedar, Pine
Lucien Leinfelder Two Panel Hand Painted Screen
Located in Denton, TX
Mid-Century Modern Japanese style two panel byobu screen by Lucien Leinfelder (American 1932-2018).
Metal
1960s Marbro Hollywood Regency "Onagadori" Blown Glass Table Lamps — A Pair
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in Camden, ME
For this highly exclusive series, Marbro’s designers sourced archival, continuous graphic underlays taken directly from a historic Japanese Edo-period masterpiece folding screen (byō...
Brass
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.
Decorated with white cranes and the sought-after thousand-butterflies motif, the Meiji-period vessel offers both a celebration of traditional aesthetics and a clear reflection of the era’s appetite for exquisite export pieces.
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