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What is Japanese screen painting?

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What is Japanese screen painting?
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
Shop for 4 Panel Japanese Wall Art on 1stDibs
Japanese Contemporary Orange Black Cream Silk Two-Panel Folding Screen, 4
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Decorative Art

Materials

Gold

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

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

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