20th Century Japanese Screens

Painted on a luminous gold leaf background, it dates to the early 20th century, during a time when traditional Japanese art continued to thrive alongside growing modern influences.

Imao Keisho (1902-1993) Pine Trees Early 20th Century, Circa 1930 Pair of six-panel Japanese screens.

A super nice Meiji period 19th c Japanese Chamber Screen. Also usuable as wall mounted screen. Stunning piece!

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

A super nice Japanese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting. Good condition and lovely colors

Anonymous Bamboo Forest Early Taisho era. Circa 1910-1915. Six-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigment, gofun and ink on silk. A six-panel Japanese folding screen, painted on silk in...

A super nice Meiji period 19th or early 20th c Japanese Chamber Screen. Two sided decoration. Also usuable as wall mounted screen. Stunning piece! 120 x 61cm

Japanese two-panel screen, study of an Okinawan mother and child, Taisho period early 20th century, dating from the 1920's.

Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947) Wagtail & Chrysanthemum Early 20th century Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gofun on gold leaf.

An early 20th-century Japanese two-panel folding screen presenting a finely balanced composition of flowering plum, bamboo, and a small bird.

A super nice Chinese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting. Good condition and lovely colors

20th Century Japanese folding screen, depicting an elegant bamboo grove set against a luminous gold-leaf background. 

Period: Early 20th Century, Japan Dimensions: H 175 cm × W 356 cm (68.9 × 140.2 in.)

20th c., Showa period gouache and gold leaf Japanese screen. Depicting plum tree blossoms on a riverbank across 6 panels. Plum blossoms are often mentioned in Japanese poetry as a sy...

Deer under maples Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930 Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk. Signature: Goho Seal: Goho A pair of two-fold Japanese silk s...

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...

Charming 20th century Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting a spring Japanese prunus flowering cherry blossom or sakura tree.

Mid-20th Century Japanese silk embroidered framed painting A silk embroidered painting and is framed behind glass with a scene of women in a room with a stork in the doorway in the ...

Mineral pigments on silk, mounted on a gold panel, in silk border. Signature and seal read: Yoho.

Modern painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.

A large Japanese six-panel folding screen featuring white chrysanthemums and flowering plants arranged across an expansive gold-sunago ground.

A nice example of a textile screen in the design of pine trees in mass. Japanese Dyed fabric technique with natural wood trim. Signature reads: Nagemitsu

Standing portrait of a samurai, thought to be Heiji Shigemori. Startlingly similar to a painting exhibited in the 1928 Neiten exhibition. (See b/w image of screen that was shown at N...

Stunning Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting three egrets in the grass at a pond. The large screen features a dramatic gold leaf square background with nat...

Overall perfect: Size scroll... 142.0cm × about 55.0cm. Painting about 40.0cm × about 41.5cm. 30-12-18-1-11 (65) Condition Overall Perfect: Size scroll... 142.0cm × about 55.0cm...

"The Garden of Tenryu-ji Temple" Mineral pigments on fabric in a black lacquer trim with bronze mounts. signature and seal read: Minagawa Taizo. ...

A fabulous landscape by Kogyo Terasaki 1866-1919 Japan painter. Akita prefecture production. Character is Tokusato, Soyama-Agaryunoki, beautiful poetry Yamabito, etc. to another is...

Screen depicts Summer flowers and birds on gilded silk. Signature reads: Konishi Fukunen. Notes about Artist: Konishi Fukunen (1887-1959) was born the second son of...

Luxurious golden pine with gold raised relief on gold silk with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze mounts. Signature and seal read: Takuyo. Back Label Reads: ...

Serene 20th century Japanese Showa period four panel byobu folding screen depicting sparrows amid leafy bamboo in a misty landscape.

Climbing grape-vine at dawn in mineral pigments on paper in wood trim. Seal reads: Ogi Toshiyuki.

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Late Nineteenth Century Kimono Fabric Mounted on Early Twentieth Century Screen. In the Heian period (eighth century to the twelfth century), noblemen wou...

A beautifully soft painting of a water's edge with wild grasses and flowers. Mineral pigments and gold dust on mulberry paper with a black lacquer frame. Signature reads: Setsurei.

In Japan, it is a Shinto belief that the deer is a treasured and sacred animal. This admirable scene captures this gentle creature in its natural habitat with beautiful detail in bot...

Serene Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting a large spring blossoming prunus tree or plum tree. Beautifully painted with ink and natural color pigments on m...

Beautiful Japanese Showa period four panel silk screen depicting a colorful Hanaguruma or flower cart. A bountiful cornucopia of peonies, irises, wisteria, and chrysanthemums set in ...

Fantastic Japanese late Meiji period two-panel byobu screen by Hashimoto Koshu. The large screen features two white geese amid brightly colored reeds. The symbolism of geese and reed...

Beige ground lacquer with black and grey lacquer penguins with small pieces of shell making up white areas. Lacquer on wood. Writing reads: Lacquer Screen By Izumi Atsuhiko. It was ...

Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim.

An unusual subject of a dream-like woodland landscape with a distant mountain. Heavy mineral pigments on paper with brown lacquer trim and bronze hardware.

White Shepard reclining in a garden pathway surrounded by tree peony, azaleas and thistle. Mineral pigments on paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with elaborate br...

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 landscap...

Lacquer on wood. Signature reads: Toshimasa. Solid black lacquer on reverse. Signed original box.

Celestial images on hand-dyed tsumugi cloth. Makers mark: unreadable.

Calligraphy reads: Mu (Nothing). Ink on silver in a black lacquered wooden trim. Seal is illegible.

Calligraphy reads: Raku (Pleasure). Ink on silver in a black lacquered wooden trim. Seal is illegible.

Fascinating Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting women shell gathering or clamming after the painting by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese 1760-1849). The women are gat...

Captivating Japanese Taisho period six-panel byobu screen depicting roosters and hens in a tropical landscape with butterflies. The large screen is painted with ink and natural color...

Fascinating Japanese Showa period for panel table screen depicting a procession of guards, nobles and attendants. Vibrant ink and color natural pigments on mulberry paper with gold f...

Gold dust clouds and abstract gold applied to mulberry paper with lacquer trim.

A striking Japanese mid-century two-panel lacquer screen depicting layered mountain silhouettes reflected across still water beneath a glowing sunrise. Rich lacquer pigments create r...

Lovely painting! Overall perfect: Size scroll, vertical 138.3 cm horizontal 54 cm picture, vertical 40.3 cm horizontal 42 cm Condition: Overall perfect: Size scroll, vertica...

The painting is set in a black lacquered frame having patinated brass accents. The screen is 20th century Showa period while the applied calligraphy/poetic inscriptions appear to be ...

Peonies, irises, lillies, paperwhites, cockscombs, thistle and other various seasonal flowers in mineral pigmnets on mulberry paper. Oxblood lacquer trim with beautiful bronze mount...

Bamboo, chrysanthemums and garden stone in mineral pigments on a gold silk ground. Black lacquer trim with well patinaed bronze hardware. Signature and seals read: Seido Senshi

Unusual subject matter of a rural farm setting with grasses and pine in mineral pigments on paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze hardware. Signature and...

Embossed gold paper in a lattice design with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze hardware.

Cloud formation in gold with blue skies in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with black lacquer trim.

Beautifully painted garden lanscape with red and white azalias, old wisteria vine in bloom with doves. Mineral pigments on silk with black lacquer trim and beautiful bronze hardware....

Serene Japanese late Taisho period early Showa period two-panel byobu screen featuring a colorful bamboo loquat landscape with a butterfly. Beautifully crafted in the Nihonga school ...