Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Hibiscus In Bloom

Japanese two-panel screen: Peony, Wisteria, cherry and bamboo on soft silver, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a garden in spring. Painted in mineral pigments on oxidized silver ...

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 the Paper mounting specialist Konishi Uhei in Takeo, Fukui prefecture in the mid Meiji period. In 1902 he was sent to Kyoto to study painting under Suzuki Shonen...

Japanese two-panel screen: Peony and Cherry, Edo period (circa 1800) painting, formerly fusuma (Japanese sliding doors), executed in the Kano school style, featuring a cherry tree in...

Japanese two-panel screen: Pink and white magnolias in early bloom, Taisho period (1912-1926) painting of Japanese magnolia tree branches as the flowers...

Amazing pair of late 19th/early 20th century Japanese Meiji period byobu screens depicting flowering plants and blossoms of the spring, summer, and autumn. Painted in the Nihonga sch...

Peony Blossoms Screen Period: Edo period 18-19th century Size: 212 x 138 cm (83.5 x 54.3 inches) SKU: PJ105 Experience a rare gem from Japan's heritage – an Edo period peony blosso...

Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Chrysanthemums & Morning Glory Flowers, Ca. 1900 PERIOD Meiji/Taisho Period – ca. 1900/1920 DIMENSIONS Width: 54 inches Height: 53.5 inches

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 ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino. Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...