Meiji era Japanese Screen Pair, Two-panel. Spring & Autumn Birds & Flowers.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Dimensions of each screen: H. 172 cm x W. 188 cm (68’’ x 74”) This elegant pair of two-panel Japanese screens, painted around 1900 by Hasegawa Gyokujun, presents a richly symbolic k...
Gold Leaf
Meiji Era, Circa 1900 Japanese Screen Pair, Flowers & Birds of Spring & Autumn
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers & Birds of Spring and Autumn Unknown artist. Japan. Meiji period, circa 1900. A pair of six-fold screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper. Signed: Gaga S...
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 36 in W 70 in D 1 in
Meiji Era Cranes along a River Japanese Screen Grues Aux Bords D'une Riviere
Located in Sarasota, FL
Anonymous artist (Japan, meiji era, 19th century) CRANES ALONG A RIVER Grues aux bords d'une riviere - Kraniche an einem Flussufer Gru sulla riva di un frume - Grullas a orillas de ...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Silk Fan, Meiji Era Japan
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Precious silk fan painted with ink and embroidered, decorated with cranes in a lake landscape. The strands are in finely carved bone decorated with peonies. Gold signature on the rev...
Bone, Silk
Unavailable
H 69.69 in W 56.7 in D 1.19 in
Shibayama Inlaid & Carved Folding Screen, "Eagles", Japan, Meiji Era, circa 1890
Located in L'Etang, FR
Shibayama Art, Japan, Meiji Era, circa 1890. Average condition, small losses, small defects, traces of restorations.
Bone, Wood
Sold
H 75 in W 34 in D 2 in
Shibayama Art, Meiji Era, Ebonized Wood, Lacquer, Two Panel Screen, Japan, 1890s
Located in Stamford, CT
Shibayama Art, Meiji Era, Ebonized Wood, Lacquer, Japanese Two Panel Screen, Room Divider, Japan, 1890s A wonderful example of a Shibayama art room divider from the Meiji era circa ...
Wood, Lacquer
Sold
H 28.94 in W 29.34 in D 0.03 in
Japanese Antiques / Old Wrapping Paper from the Meiji Era / like Tapestries
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have an aesthetic sense peculiar to Japanese people. And we introduce the unique items that only we can do, the route of purchasing in Japan, the experience value so far, and the...
Paper
Antique Japanese Six Panel Screen with Immortal Poets
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely Japanese Meiji era (1868-1912) six panel screen - room divider featuring ink and color on paper vignettes artwork depicting the Immortal Poets, brilliant gilt gold leaf back...
Brass
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H 4.75 in W 8.75 in D 0.25 in
Bronze Mixed Metal Japanese Meiji Era Four Panel 2 Sided Table Screen Signed
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
A good Japanese bronze and shakudo miniature table screen, Meiji period, each panel in a gilt bronze frame, one panel depicts figures caught in a rainstorm with lightning, signed low...
Bronze
Japanese Screen, Peacock and Peahen, Meiji Era, circa 1900
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unknown artist Peacock and Peahen Late Meiji period, circa 1900 Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gold leaf on silk. Sign: Seishi ga Seals: Upper - Ko...
Silk, Wood
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H 15.75 in W 26 in D 0.5 in
Meiji Era Japanese Two Panel Hand Painted Wood Table Screen Tale of Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A Meiji era Japanese two-panel wood screen, with illustrated images from The Tale of Genji that are exquisitely painted directly on wood with fine detail and precision, accented with...
Gold Leaf
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H 7.88 in W 5.91 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Meiji-Era Illustrated Medical Manuscript with Human Body Diagram
Located in Chiba, JP
A hand-drawn Japanese medical manuscript from the Meiji period, featuring 27 anatomical illustrations across 30 pages. Includes a detailed fold-out diagram of the human body. Book: a...
Paper
Sold
H 11.82 in W 33.98 in D 0.87 in
Japanese Antique Wooden Painting / Panel Painting / Sliding Door /Edo-Meiji Era
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a panel painting of a sliding door from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. It's a very nice picture. Flowers and birds are drawn. And the part of the metal fitting t...
Cypress
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H 71.66 in W 55.91 in D 1.19 in
Carved and Inlaid Shibayama Folding Screen, Japan, Meiji Era, circa 1890
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Folding creen with 2 panels in carved, inlaid and lacquered wood. The upper and lower parts are carved with birds and foliage / leaves. The central panels are inlaid on the front...
Wood
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Birds Flowers in Autumn Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional 19th century Japanese two-panel late Edo Tokugawa\early Meiji period screen. The painting features clusters of flowering autumnal chrysanthemums and field grasses amid qu...
Wood, Paper, Silk
$4,900
H 48.43 in W 109.06 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Six-Panel Gold Screen with Flowers, Birds and Flowing Stream
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Japanese six-panel folding screen (byōbu) presenting an expansive garden landscape of flowering plants, birds and butterflies against a warm gold ground. A dark, winding stream ex...
Wood, Paper
$22,894
H 53.75 in W 54.34 in D 0.79 in
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
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed groun...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Garden Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
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....
Bronze
Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens Legend of Minamoto
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating pair of large Japanese 19th century Edo period six-panel folding byobu screens depicting the legend of Minamoto No Yorimasa (Japanese Samurai 1106-1180). The pair of pain...
Brass, Gold Leaf
$4,200
H 61.03 in W 67.72 in D 1.19 in
Early 20th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Plum Blossoms and Bamboo
Located in Fukuoka, JP
An early 20th-century Japanese two-panel folding screen presenting a finely balanced composition of flowering plum, bamboo, and a small bird. Across the two panels, the substantial ...
Wood, Paper
$4,813
H 61.42 in W 55.91 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Two-Panel Folding Screen with Willow, Camellias and Chrysanthemums
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A striking Japanese two-panel folding screen depicting a sweeping willow tree surrounded by camellias, chrysanthemums, bamboo grasses, rocks, and a small bird in flight. The composi...
Wood, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Early Spring Into Summer
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Early Spring Into Summer, Meiji period (1868 -1912) painting of plum in bloom with red camellias on the right and peony and thistle on the left. A clutc...
Gold Leaf
$4,800 / set
H 21.5 in W 61.5 in D 0.5 in
Pair of Japanese Edo Screens Minogame Turtles in Spring Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful pair of 19th century Japanese Edo period six-panel byobu table screens depicting pairs of Minogame turtles in spring landscapes. Made in the Kano school style one screen fea...
Brass
Pair of Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens the Seven Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic pair of 19th century Japanese late Edo/early Meiji period six-panel screens titled The seven sages of the bamboo grove. The Kano school screens depict a group of Daoist Chi...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous Flowers of the Four Seasons A four-panel Japanese screen. Ink, gofun and pigments on gold leaf. This Japanese screen is a rich visual celebration of the flowers of the fo...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Floral Garden on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Peonies, marigolds and pinks next to a garden stone with soft mountain peaks in the background. Late Edo (1603 - 1868) period painting in mineral pigments on gold leaf with a silk br...
Gold Leaf
$32,000 / set
H 68 in W 69 in D 0.75 in
1895 Meiji Japanese Screen Pair. Cherry Blossoms & Autumn Maples on Silver Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms and Autumn Maples Isobe Hyakurin (1836–1906) Dated Meiji 28, April: 1895 Pair of two-panel Japanese screens; ink and pigments on silver leaf This refined pair of scr...
Silver Leaf
$34,500
H 18 in W 56 in D 1 in
Japanese Screen Painting, Early 19th Century, Autumn Flowers by Sakai Hoitsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
A two-fold Japanese screen by the Rimpa school artist Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828), Japan, 19th century, Edo period. This small Japanese folding screen painted by Sakai Hoitsu was ori...
Wood, Silk
$2,395
H 72 in W 71 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Large Four-Panel Byobu Screen Bamboo Cherry Blossoms Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous large/tall four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene/landscape with playful yellow and orange birds frolicking in nature among the branches of a bl...
Silk
Wedgwood Black and White Jasper "Pegasus" Covered Vase, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
The black jasper ovoid body decorated in white relief with the Apotheosis of Virgil after John Flaxman, the shoulder with snake handles above Medusa masks, the domed cover with Pegas...
Porcelain
$6,060
H 37.01 in W 107.88 in D 0.99 in
Evolving Elegance: An Oxidized Silver Screen from the Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This anodized 6-panel screen captures the serene and minimalistic beauty of a bamboo grove, embodying the aesthetic principles of the Edo period. The screen features subtle and delic...
Silver Leaf
$4,000
H 43.5 in W 80.5 in D 0.75 in
17th Century Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Hotei with Chinese Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully weathered late 17th/early 18th century Japanese edo period four panel byobu screen depicting hotei (fat monk) in a treed landscape with Chinese sages engaged in leisurely...
Brass
Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer cabinet, c. 1750 (Regence Period) A truly magnificent, monumental, and one of a kind cabinet, painted throughout with gi...
Ormolu
$2,139
H 24.02 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
Antique Japanese Double Sided Folding Chamber Screen 19/20th C Japan Cranes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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
Bronze
$12,000
H 47.5 in W 26.5 in D 0.75 in
Korean Chaekgeori painting. 19th Century Joseon. Books & Scholars’ Accouterments
Located in Kyoto, JP
Books and Scholars’ Accouterments; Chaekgeori Second half of the 19th century Korean framed panel. Ink and color on paper. This Korean Chaekgeori painting depicts two open shelve...
Paper
Edo-period Orange-Laced Samurai Suit
Located in New Orleans, LA
For samurai warriors, the functionality of their armor was as vital as its striking beauty—both elements held equal importance. This orange-laced armor is one of the rarest and most ...
Copper, Iron
Japanese Single Panel Painting Moon and Plum Design 'Winter Scene'
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868-1912) ink painting of plum branches in bloom against a full moon with calligraphy. The calligraphy is a poem about winter. Signature reads: Matsuura Ryosai, Dated:...
Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Two Tigers
Located in Hudson, NY
Two tigers exchanging amorous glances. Kano School painting.
Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Gilded Pine
Located in Hudson, NY
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: ...
Brocade, Silk, Lacquer
$10,800
H 86.5 in W 40 in D 1 in
19th Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Birds & Flowers of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds and flowers of the four seasons Early to mid-19th century Ink, pigment and gofun on silk Unidentified artist Signature: Shuho Seal: Shuho ga in A large Japane...
Silk
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in London, GB
Of ovoid form, with a narrow neck and outward flaring rim, on dark blue ground depicting wisteria blossoms in white and purple cascading from the shoulder with birds throughout and w...
Enamel
$12,800
H 46.5 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, 17th Century Falcon by Mitani Toshuku
By Mitani Toshuku
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mitani Toshuku (1577-1654) “Falcon” Wall panel, ink and light color on paper. Upper seal: Mitani Lower seal: Toshuku Dimensions: Each 118.5 cm x 51 cm x 2 cm (46.5” x 20” x .75...
Wood, Paper
$7,500
H 45 in W 22 in D 0.1 in
Japanese Painting. Bird and Flower. 19th century copy of Lu Ji by Ogata Tomin.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ogata Tomin (1839 -1895) Birds in a spring landscape Ink and colour on silk. Inscription reads: “Copy of Lu Ji, painted with heartfelt appreciation” “Painted by Tomin Ogat...
Silk
Early 20th Century Japanese Nihonga Scroll. Crow & Persimmon.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous. Crows & Persimmon Japanese Scroll. Pigments and Ink on Silk. Dimensions: Scroll: H. 235 cm x W. 106 cm. Image: H. 168 cm x W. 86 cm. Bird and flower paintings are oft...
Silk
$28,705
H 20.87 in W 65.36 in D 0.79 in
Paravent - A small six-fold Japanese screen with autumn flowers - Edo period
Located in Brussels, BE
A six-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with autumn flowers and grasses. Japan, 17th century, Edo period. Not only the changing colours of autumn leaves ...
Gold Leaf
From 1868 to 1912, Emperor Mutsuhito oversaw an era of transformation in Japan. Formerly a country of feudalism and isolation, Japan entered an age of modernization influenced by newly established trade and exchange with the West. The Meiji period, or period of “enlightened rule,” also saw the global impact of the East Asian country’s culture. Japanese Meiji furniture was exhibited at expositions from Paris to San Francisco and created for export.
Prior to the Meiji era, furniture was mostly made by commission for the ruling class; now there were new domestic and international markets. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Meiji furniture made for Japanese homes and buildings constructed in Western styles resulted in taller tables, chairs, cabinets with large drawers and other features. The government invested in areas such as transportation and communication, and because people could freely choose occupations after the restrictions of feudalism, industries of various types were energized by expressive new ideas during those years. Art schools were formed and, for the first time, design was an area of study in the country, leading to the evolution of professional design as a career by the 1890s.
The work of Japanese designers was transmitted widely through lavishly illustrated pattern books that included designs for screens and lacquerware for the home. While screens today may be of use as decorative accents or partitions to ensure privacy in one’s space, Japanese screens were adorned with paintings and were featured in performing arts such as concerts, tea ceremonies and more. The color illustrations that characterize Meiji woodblock prints, a genre of Japanese art that grew out of 17th-century developments in printing and book publishing, depicted the sweeping changes that the era brought to East Asia.
Although it was a time of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions. From colorful porcelain table lamps with silk shades and hardwood tables decorated with dark lacquer to cabinets featuring iron hardware and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Meiji furniture showcased Japan’s artistic heritage to the world.
Find a collection of antique Japanese Meiji period case pieces and storage cabinets, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.
From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.
Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.
With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.
For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.
“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.
In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.