Japanese Fine Antique Birds, Fish, and Flowers Hand Painted Screen

Japan, a fine hand carved wooden screen "ranma" or transom featuring a spectacular composition of a pair (2) of finely carved flying cranes among matsu trees executed in kuri (chestnut wood), circa 1950s. In Japan, the crane, or tsuru, is a national treasure and is considered the bird of happiness...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions Original Japanese temple "blossoming lotus" flower bud stems form an attractive double bouquet. Made for a shrine altar, these flower blossoms and leaves symbolize the stages of the path toward enlightenment. The individual parts of each lotus is assembled and then joined in an arrangement of two stems and two bouquets and inserted into the vessel. Called "Jyôka" and they are placed on or next to an altar in a Buddhist temple. In Buddhism, the lotus is an important symbol of divine enlightenment because it blooms into beautiful flowers while growing in mud. Tsunehana means "a flower that continues to bloom forever" and "a flower that does not wither." For this reason, the flowers represented are in different stages of their life, unfolded lotus leaves, buds and full flowers, thus symbolizing the journey towards Buddhist enlightenment. This lovely Japanese gilt Lotus...

Just acquired in Kyoto, Japan A suumer time treat as this rendered smaller scale Japanese six-panel folding screen byobu was conceived in this convenient size 18 inches high and 4...

Japan, a stunning scroll depiction of seven (7) horses entwined in a creative circle . Hand painted - an auspicious art composition rendered on paper and silk backing and dating to...

Japan, a stunning large scroll painting of Koi lazily swimming in a placid pond among Momiji fallen leaves. Hand painted in vibrant colors- an auspicious art composition rendered on ...

Japan, a small and unusual two panel tea screen of four playful rabbits amidst pink and white flowers in, byōbu. It dates to the Taisho period. Dimensions: 41 inches high and 56 i...

The red plum blossom and birds painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully joi...

19th/20th c., Antique hand-carved Japanese ramna panels depicting landscapes of black pine trees, temples, mountains and clouds. Likely carved from yaku cedar in the Osaka tradition of chokokuranma (carved transom), these are double sided three-dimensional landscape designs. The design is mirrored on each side of the panel. Ranma panels...

3-500 pair hand painted Japanese panels/screens Measures: Individual panel 20.5 x 44 Together 41 x 44".

A vibrant celebration of spring using a colorful ensemble of coxcomb, irises, lilies, hybiscus, and a blossoming cherry tree. Great examples of "tarashikomi" or "painting-in", a Rim...

The pidgeon painting of this single-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on rice paper over carefully jointed wooden lattice frames. Rails are then applied to the perimeter to...

Attractive Japanese style folding four panel byobu screen from the late Showa period. The screen is titled friendly birds singing in spring and signed by an artist with a cyclical da...