Two-Panel Folding Screen with Autumn Landscape, circa 1860-70

A pair of six-panel folding screens with peonies and other flowers 19th century Each 72.5 by 241 cm Small and elegant screens with an ideal scene depicting peonies and other flower species...

The scene is dominated by a plum tree in bloom under which a couple of paradise birds is courting. The screen is crossed by a luxuriant creek, a typical feature of the springtime.  

Karamono with flower arrangements and rare birds Edo period, 18th century Pair of two-panel folding screens Ink, colors, gofun and gold leaf on paper Each 170 by 165 cm ...

In the pleasure districts, the stringent codes were meant to be forgotten. In this painting, some clients are watching from outside the teahouse, while some are entering, one of them...

Signed: Josaku Meda. 60. Singed on the back: "Paysage humain" N°14 / 7.1960 / Josaku MAEDA / à Paris Exhibitions: Turin (Italy), Gissi Gallery, Collettiv...

This painting represents a man waiting under a dark tree. The composition is extremely simple but suggestive. The artist, with few elements, can, in fact, create a vivid and dynamic scene, based on the tension between the strong ink stain that renders the tree and the elegant figure of the man, dressed in an aristocratic robe. Painter and designer, Kamisaka Sekka...

Magnificent Japanese four-panel 19th century Meiji screen. Made in the Rimpa School style depicting a serene floral autumn landscape. Beautifully painted sumi ink and color pigments ...

Impressive early 19th century Japanese Edo period two-panel screen featuring flowering plants and grasses of autumn. Painted in the Tosa School style Bunka Bunsei period or Ogosho pe...

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy. Late Edo (c. 1850) painting of a dramatic mountainside carved by a waterfall with a crane flying in the foreground an...

Signature reads: Konishi Fukunen. Mineral pigments on gold silk. Excellent condition. 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, deco landscape with river fans. Modern scene of a 12th century festival in Kyoto in which fans are sent down the Kamo River and caught downstream. Taisho (...

A masterful landscape made entirely of carefully arranged mulberry paper fibers in a Japanese art practice called Obara. Accented with gold leaf. Incredible craftsmanship and a wonderful rendering of bare trees. Made by Yamauchi Issei (b. 1929), stamped in the corner. Issei is well known throughout Japan as the leading artist in Obara Paper Art. Starting in 1948, he apprenticed with Fuji Tatsukichi, a leading proponent of the arts and crafts movement in Japan who worked to Revive many cultural traditions on the brink of extinction. Issei started exhibiting in the Nitten in 1953, won the Gold Medal in 1963, and eventually became a juror. His artwork was given as a gift to the Showa Emperor of Japan, as well as dignitaries such as General Douglas MacArthur...