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What is Japanese screen painting?
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Japanese 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 ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Japanese Style Panels (Set of 4), 23" x 72" each, Bunny Williams Collection
Located in New York, NY
A set of 4 framed panels in the Japanese style, created by a decorative painter who'd worked on
Category
Late 20th Century American Japonisme Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Large Contemporary Asian Style Mixed Media Collage Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
These stylish decorative Asian style wall art collages have been mounted in black lacquered wood
Category
20th Century American Japonisme Decorative Art
Materials
Brass
Japanese Garden Wallpaper Panels Hand Painted Wallpaper on gold gilded paper
Located in Wuxi, 32
4 panels of 41" wide x 58" high each, background is on gold metallic gilded paper with antiques
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Wallpaper
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Garden Wallpaper Panels Hand Painted Wallpaper on Gold Gilded Paper
Located in Wuxi, 32
for 4 panels of 41" wide x 58" high each, background is on gold metallic gilded paper with antiques
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Wallpaper
Materials
Gold Leaf
Delightful Japanese Iron Panel of Puppies- Funakoshi Shunmin
Located in Christchurch, GB
As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this most charming late
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Japanese Chinese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Mythical Lanscape
Located in Studio City, CA
large panels which reflected distinctively Japanese aesthetics and traditions.
Clearly a special and
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
