Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Harimaze Decoupage Screens
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Incredible pair of late 18th/early 19th century Japanese Edo period six panel folding byobu screens featuring Harimaze decoupage, applied paintings and drawing.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Pair of Karashishi Foo Dogs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting a pair of Karashishi foo dogs or lions frolicking in a spring landscape amid flowering prunus after Matsum...
Brass
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
19th C. Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Chinese Official's Gathering
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand Japanese Edo period six panel folding byobu screen depicting a large gathering of a Chinese official.
Wood, Paper
Japanese Style Showa Four-Panel Screen Cranes in Pine Trees
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A beautifully composed Japanese style four-panel Asian byōbu screen depicting a flock of red-crowned (Manchurian) cranes gathered among softly rendered pine trees.
Brass
Japanese Showa Four-Panel Screen Autumn Landscape Rooster & Hen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A beautifully rendered Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byōbu screen in the Nihonga school style. The painting depicts a quiet pastoral scene of a pair of chickens gathered a...
Gold Leaf
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
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
Japanese Brocade Silk Byobu Folding Screen, Kimono Motif
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Two-Panel Bijin Byobu — Oshie Silk Relief Screen An exceptional two-panel byobu or folding screen depicting two women in elegant formal kimono, rendered in the exquisite silk-relief...
Gold
B88 Japanese Antiques Art, silver background Screen Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Silver Paper, wooden frame One piece: W870×H1730mm×D17mm, Unfolded size: W1740mm Folded size: W870×H1730×D35mm, 5kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood)...
Paper
B126 Japanese Antiques 2panels Byobu, folding Screen, Chrysanthemum Calligraphy
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: paper, fabric on wooden frame One piece: W750×H1580mm×D18mm Unfolded size: W1500mm Folded size: W750×H1580mm×D36mm, 7kg Packaging (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 10cm x ...
Paper
Vintage Japanese Byobu Four Panel Red Floral Gold Screen
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage Japanese folding four panel screen showcases a serene hand-painted landscape set against a warm, gilded ground. Spanning multiple panels, the composition features gracefull...
Silk, Paint, Paper
B51 Old Japanese Antiques Silver folding screen, Byobu 2panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1700 x 1675 x 20 mm Foldable: 850 x 1675 x 40 mm, 7kg Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 9 mm plywood): 11 cm x 93 cm x 175 cm Weight 25KG An atmosp...
Fabric, Paper
Six Panel Japanese Byobu Scenic Gold and Peony Screen
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A six panel Japanese screen depicting a landscape scene peonies and sparrows against a gold backdrop of clouds and sky. The colors are vibrant with red and white peonies, green grass...
Gold Leaf
B127 Old Japanese 2panels Byobu, folding Screen, Hawk and Pine
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: paper, wooden frame One piece: W760×H1510mm×D18mm Unfolded size: W1520mm Folded size: W760×H1510mm×D36mm, 4kg Packaging (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 10cm x 80cm x 160c...
Paper
B122 Japanese Antiques 2panels Byobu, paper, folding Screen Autumn grasses
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: paper, fabric on wooden frame One piece: W820×H1730mm×D17mm Painting seet: W550× H1290mm Unfolded size: W1640mm Folded size: W820×H1730×D35mm, 6kg Packaging (sandwiched wit...
Cedar, Paper
B124 Old Japanese 6panels Byobu, folding Screen, Buddhist monk's calligraphy
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W550×H1560mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W3340mm Folded size: W570×H1560×D110mm 11kg Packaging (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 9cm x 63cm x 16...
Paper
B110 Japanese art Silver Byobu, 2panels, folding Screen, Irregular type
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, wooden frame 1 piece: Width 830 x Height 350 x Depth 17 mm Expanded size: Width 1660 mm Folded size: Width 830 x Height 350 x Depth 35 mm, weight 2 kg Estimate Packa...
Paper
B86 Japanese Painting Art, Hawk, Gold Screen Byobu, 2-panels
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Gold Paper on wooden frame One piece: W900×H1760mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W1800mm Folded size: W900×H1760×D40mm, 6kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood):...
Paper
Japanese Makura-byōbu Folding Screen with Moon and Cranes, circa 1950s
Located in Lille, BE
apanese Makura-byōbu, a low four-panel folding screen, circa 1950s.
Paper
Japanese Edo Four-Panel Gold Leaf Samurai Battle Screen, circa 11900
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
B87 Japanese Antiques Art, Chrysanthemum and silver background Screen Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: whitewash, Paper, wooden frame One piece: W710×H1510mm×D17mm, Unfolded size: W1420mm Folded size: W710×H1510×D35mm, 15kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm ply...
Paper
Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous, monumental, exceptionally large Korean ten-panel Sipjangsaengdo Byobu folding screen depicting the ten symbols of longevity—sun, mountain, water, rock, cloud,...
Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper
B50 Old Japanese Antiques a folding screen, Byobu 2panel, Peacock
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1700 x 1720 x 18 mm Foldable: 855 x 1720 x 36 mm, 6kg Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 9 mm plywood): 8 cm x 92 cm x 180 cm Weight 25KG This paint...
Wood, Paper
$6,031Sale Price|25% Off
Antique 19th Century Japanese Four Panel Screen Byobu, Maruyama-Shijo School
Located in London, GB
The screen retains its original mounting with patterned silk brocade border, lacquered frame and stencil patterned washi paper on reverse.
Silk, Paper
B123 Japanese Antiques 2panels Byobu, paper, folding Screen Autumn grasses Bsho
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: paper, fabric on wooden frame One piece: W780×H1730mm×D17mm Painting seet: W500× H1280mm Unfolded size: W1560mm Folded size: W780×H1730×D35mm, 6kg Packaging (sandwiched wit...
Cedar, Paper
B116 Japanese Antiques Kano School, 6panel folding screen, crane&plants, Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, Wooden Frame Single: W600×H1770mm Unfolded Size: W3640mm Folded Size: W620×H1770×D90mm 12kg Estimated packaging (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 15cm x 69cm x 184...
Paper
Japanese Chinese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Bird of Paradise Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese/Chinese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape nature scene featuring a beautifully colored flowering/blooming Bird of Paradise plant.
Wood, Paint, Paper
B89 Japanese Painting Art, Mount Fuji Goldback Screen Byobu, 2-panels
Located in Niiza, JP
One piece: W690×H1500mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W1380mm Folded size: W690×H1500×D35mm, 5kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 10cm x 75cm x 157cm, 19kg Painted b...
Paper
Japanese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Flower Cart Screen, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen. Listing as Meiji period but could very possibly Edo period.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Chinese Four Panel Folding Byobu Sumi Ink Screen Buddhist Monk
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful four-panel Japanese (or perhaps Chinese) Byobu folding screen featuring an elderly Buddhist Zen monk and young novice boy crossing a lake/river/waterway by slow skiff boa...
Paint, Paper
B130 Japanese Old Antiques, An Old Japanese Battle Scene Folding Screen, Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, wooden cedar frame, copper One piece: W620×H1720mm×D18mm, Unfolded size: W3760mm Folded size: W640×H1720×D110mm, 15kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm ...
Copper
B129 Japanese Old Antiques, An Old Japanese Battle Scene Folding Screen, Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, wooden cedar frame, copper One piece: W620×H1720mm×D18mm, Unfolded size: W3760mm Folded size: W640×H1720×D110mm, 15kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm ...
Copper
Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiji Edo Byobu Cherry Blossom Tree Folding Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a venerable cherry blossom tree and a running river with blooming flowers.
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Hokusai Great Wave
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, absolutely stunning, thoroughly engaging four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a faithful recreation of renowned Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's woodbl...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Two Panel Meiji Edo Folding Byobu Landscape House Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a lone house, perhaps a tea house, hidden in the trees and foliage with dist...
Gold Leaf
Korean Asian Large 8-Panel Silk Embroidered Byobu Bird Butterfly Screen, 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous early to midcentury Korean embroidered eight-panel screen depicting scenic nature motifs of flowering trees, playful birds, and floating butterflies. Rare and hard to come...
Silk, Paper
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with chrysanthemum garden
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very colourful and captivating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined continuous painting of a luscious flower garden filled with many different types of chrysanthem...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six-Panel Screen Byobu With Chrysanthemums And Autumn Grass and Flower
Located in Torino, IT
The 19th Century Six-Panel Japanese folding screen "Byōbu" usually used in the most important Japanese house to stop wind and also to separate different space of the same big room de...
Gold Leaf
B121 Old Japanese 6panels Byobu, Paper, folding Screen with Flower＆bird painting
Located in Niiza, JP
Flower and bird painting Material: Paper on wooden frame, colored, fabric One piece: W640×H1825mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W3880mm Folded size: W660×H1825×D110mm 16kg Packaging (sandwic...
Fabric, Paper
B120 Old Japanese 6panels Byobu, Paper, folding Screen with Flower＆bird painting
Located in Niiza, JP
Flower and bird painting Material: Paper on wooden frame, colored One piece: W640×H1825mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W3880mm Folded size: W660×H1825×D110mm 16kg Packaging (sandwiched wi...
Fabric, Paper
B99 Old Japanese 6panels, gold byobu, ink bamboo painting, right, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Folding screen Material: Paper, wooden frame, etc 1 piece: Width 610 x Height 1740 x Depth 20 mm Expanded size: Width 3700 mm Folded size: Width 630 x Height 1740 x Depth 110 mm, wei...
Paper
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
B100 Old Japanese 6panels, gold byobu, ink bamboo painting, left, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Folding screen Material: Paper, wooden frame, etc 1 piece: Width 610 x Height 1740 x Depth 20 mm Expanded size: Width 3700 mm Folded size: Width 630 x Height 1740 x Depth 110 mm, wei...
Paper
$12,065Sale Price|35% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider Byobu C.1900
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Meiji period silk embroidered screen /room divider Byobu C.1900 Kyoto, Japan. Silk embroidered satin lacquer framed panels.
Silk, Lacquer
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" (the beautifully clad woman in the flowing kimono could very...
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
Antique 19th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen ‘Byobu’, Kano School, Edo Period
Located in London, GB
Japanese Kano School Edo period two-panel screen depicting flowering prunus and bamboo on a rock formation, with colorful birds next to a body of water. Vivid mineral pigments on a g...
Gold Leaf
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. Item features double sided decoration, cherry blossom watercolor painting print (?)
Wood, Paint, Paper
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
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
17th Century Japanese Folding Screen
Located in Camarate, PT
The use of extensive areas painted in gold, which enriches the composition and enhances luminosity in dimly lit environments, originated in Buddhist painting. Folding screens (byōbu—...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo on gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Fragment from an earlier screen from the Muromachi period ( 1336-1573). Appears to have been mounted in the early 20th century into a small furosaki byobu (tea ceremony screen) Miner...
Gold Leaf
Large Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Cranes
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A large six-panel folding screen (byōbu) forming a pair with the previously presented crane screen.
Wood, Paper
Tall 6-panel golden silk Japanese folding screen
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A striking, tall six-panel byôbu (folding screen) entirely covered with lustrous golden silk with a faint square pattern.
Gold Leaf
20th Century Japanese Six Panel River Screen
Located in Locust Valley, NY
These folding screens, known as byōbu in Japanese, were historically used as both decorative elements and room dividers.
Wood, 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 Showa Four Panel Screen Bamboo in Misty Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene 20th century Japanese Showa period four panel byobu folding screen depicting sparrows amid leafy bamboo in a misty landscape.
Brass
Pair of Japanese Six-Panel Tale of Genji Screens
Located in London, GB
Pair of Japanese Six-Panel Tale of Genji Screens Japanese, 17th century Open: height 136.5cm, width 287cm, depth 1.5cm Closed: height 136.5cm, width 49cm, depth 10cm This pair of si...
Gold
Tall Japanese 6-panel folding screen with kachôga painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Lovely large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) covered with a series of six separate hanging scroll paintings (kakejiku) depicting pairings of birds, plants and calligraphy (right to ...
Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paint, Paper
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.
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