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What are Japanese panels?

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What are Japanese panels?
Japanese panels are components of large decorative folding screens called byōbu, which translates to “wind wall.” The screens traditionally function as room dividers and feature calligraphy and decorative painting. On 1stDibs, you can shop a range of decorative Japanese panels.
1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
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Japanese Byobu - Six Panel Japanese Screen
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
wall. This divider has a very clean design and a smaller size than Japanese screens. Lucio Morini
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Byobu - Japanese Screen Six Panels
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Six-panel folding screen depicting the famous legend of Hikaru Genji, a nobleman of extraordinary
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

17th Century Japanese Screen Pair, Cranes
Located in Kyoto, JP
-naped cranes extending across a pair of six-panel Japanese screens. The 15 cranes in this work, grouped
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Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Edo, Japanese Screen Two Panels Rinpa School
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
pigments and inky inks. Rinpa is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. The style was
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums
Located in Kyoto, JP
Omori Soun (b. 1704) Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens
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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen Painting of Stallions
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Painting of stallions. Kano school of painting. Mineral pigments on
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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