Hand-Crafted Paintings and Screens

A truly beautiful four-panel Showa period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape with birds (a gorgeous pheasant) amongst a majestic blooming cherry tree branch. The sh...

A wonderfully hand-painted and quite wonderfully detailed Korean (or perhaps Chinese) folk art Minhwa Jakhodo (The letters “jak” means magpie; “ho” means tiger; and “do” means painti...

Six Cranes on Gold Leaf, Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen, Meiji Period A Japanese six-panel folding screen featuring six individually painted cranes, each depicted in a different ...

Charming 20th century Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting a spring Japanese prunus flowering cherry blossom or sakura tree. Crafted in the Nihonga School,...

A gorgeous, quite riveting four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape with a cherry blossom tree and array of blooming flowers It is quite a wonderful co...

Serene 20th century Japanese Showa period four panel byobu folding screen depicting sparrows amid leafy bamboo in a misty landscape. The painting features a radiant silver leaf squar...

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...

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. It is...

A pair of Chinese landscape paintings (Shan Shui) executed with ink and color on silk. The paintings follow the classical traditions of the Ming (1368-1444) or Qing (1644-1912) Dynas...

A rich and dramatic Chinese Export folding four-panel double-sided coromandel screen executed in radiant gilt and lacquer. The front depicts a beautiful composition of a flowering tr...

A beautiful, quite engaging four-panel Edo Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape lakeside scene with various people fishing, boating, playing along the mi...

A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape cherry blossom tree branch scene with a two of playful flying birds. It is quite a wonderful compos...

A rich and dramatic 20th century Chinese Export folding six-panel double-sided coromandel screen executed in radiant gilt, natural color pigments, and lacquer. The front depicts a be...

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. ...

An impressive Japanese six-panel folding screen depicting a lively gathering of cranes against an expansive gold leaf ground, dating to the 19th century. Eight cranes fill the compo...

A wonderful four-panel Japanese (or Chinese) Byobu folding screen featuring a battlefield landscape with warring samurai warriors engaged in a fierce fight. The rich colors and hand-painted detail (notice the armor and facial expressions) really makes this quite an attractive work. Original decorative period brass hardware adds another wonderful touch. Likely from the early to mid Showa period (1926-1989). A beautiful, engaging work. Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian art...

A large Japanese six-panel folding screen from the Taisho period (1912–1926), depicting a monumental grove of ancient pine trees extending dramatically across a luminous gold leaf gr...

A rich and dramatic Chinese Export folding six-panel double-sided coromandel screen executed in radiant gilt and lacquer. The front depicts a beautiful composition of twisting brown ...

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...

Beautiful vintage Japanese four-panel Byobu folding screen, hand-painted by Hiyakuho Imayasu for The Iohara Collection of Kyoto, Japan. The richly detailed botanical composition depicts peonies, iris and an assortment of flowering plants and foliage in shades of white, burgundy, blue, yellow and deep green, set against a luminous gold-toned ground. The flowers and foliage extend gracefully across the four panels, creating a dramatic yet balanced composition rooted in the Japanese tradition of seasonal botanical painting. The artist’s calligraphic signature and red seal appear at the lower right. The reverse retains its original metal label reading “Hand made and Painted in Kyoto Japan,” together with the original Iohara Collection of Kakejiku and Byobu certificate. The certificate identifies the artist as Hiyakuho Imayasu, age 60 at the time, and states that he studied art at the Korin School and that his art had appeared in public exhibitions throughout Japan for 40 years. The certificate further describes works in the Iohara Collection as limited editions painted by member artists of the Kyoto Screen...

A gorgeous, quite large antique six-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene with red crowned cranes, other playful birds and boldly colored blossoming S...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions and coming from a Japanese collector of rabbit usagi sculptures Rabbit family trio (3) seated rabbit sculptures hand cast and hand painted This is an unusual Japanese one-of-a-kind group in both large and small scale Quality: Hand cast with carved ears...

A gorgeous, absolutely stunning, thoroughly engaging four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a faithful recreation of renowned Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's woodbl...

A dramatic large 20th century Asian four-panel folding screen measuring 6 feet high and wide. The screen features a richly detailed hand-painted composition over a gold-leaf ground m...

Japanese Six-Panel Gold Leaf Folding Screen with Ancient Pine and Bamboo, 19th Century A Japanese six-panel folding screen depicting an ancient pine tree extending dramatically acro...

A Japanese two-panel folding screen (byōbu) depicting a pair of peacocks surrounded by blooming red and white peonies, believed to date from the Edo period, possibly the 18th to earl...

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...

1930s Soapstone and Black Lacquered Tabletop Folding Screen Images on both sides A small chip in the stone on one of the screens (as shown in pictures) Hinged Folds flat into one pa...

A dramatic six-panel decorative Chinese Export Coromandel screen featuring a warm, luminous reflective gold-leaf ground and a continuous garden landscape scene of flora and fauna ext...

Stunning Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting three egrets in the grass at a pond. The large screen features a dramatic gold leaf square background with nat...

A striking Japanese two-panel folding screen (byōbu) from the Meiji period (1868–1912), entirely covered in silver leaf. Remarkable for its restrained, minimalist aesthetic, the scr...

Japanese Hanging Scroll – Samurai under Blossoming Tree Japan, 20th century Painting: 41.5 × 114 cm Mounting: 54 × 185 cm Box: 7.5 × 8 × 63 cm A beautifully hand-painted scroll depi...

Japanese six-panel folding screen depicting peonies and small birds in a quiet waterside landscape, painted against an expansive silver-leaf ground. The composition is distinguished...

A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a beautiful nature scene with a stunning piercing blue blossoming flowers placed along the waterway landsca...

Edo Period Two-Panel Byobu Screen with Red Sun and Stylized Waves Japan Late 19th Century DIMENSIONS: Height: 59.5 in (151 cm) Width: 55 in (139.7 cm) PROVENANCE From The Estate o...

A striking Japanese two-panel folding screen distinguished by the contrast between its richly aged silver leaf ground and boldly stylized flowering plants. The silver surface has de...

A Japanese mid-sized six-panel folding screen depicting an elegant landscape of flowering trees and plants, flowing water, rocky outcrops, distant hills, and a bird in flight. The c...

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...

A large Japanese six-panel folding screen (byōbu) depicting a pair of peacocks within an expansive landscape of flowering plum, peonies, bamboo, rocks, and smaller birds. The compos...

Exquisite Japanese contemporary framed oshie wall decorative art piece, recreating a famous painting from Meiji period featuring a Japanese dancer holding a net with cherry blossom ...

Amazing Chinese export four panel coromandel screen featuring beauties in a pagoda pavilion landscape. Beautifully crafted from intricately carved soapstone in vivid colors and fasci...

Spectacular 19th century Japanese late Edo period six-panel byobu screen depicting Yoshitsune and Benkei, two heroes of Japanese folklore. Crafted in ink and natural color pigments on mulberry paper with thick gold leaf borders on each panel. The character Yoshitsune is seated under a blossoming cherry tree in full armor holding a fan. The warrior priest or monk Benkei is depicted kneeling on a leopard skin...

Charming mid-20th century Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen featuring blossoming spring flowers over a bold gilt background. The painting depicts iris, camella, w...

Mesmerizing pair of late 18th/early 19th century Japanese Edo period byobu screens by Shibata Gito (Japanese 1780-1819). The paintings depict Chinese immortals in a dreamy landscape....

Beautiful Japanese Showa period four panel silk screen depicting a colorful Hanaguruma or flower cart. A bountiful cornucopia of peonies, irises, wisteria, and chrysanthemums set in ...

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...

An extraordinarily rare and evocative piece of 19th-century Japanese design history: an authentic, hand-crafted 柿渋 (Kakishibu / Persimmon Tannin) utilitarian wrapping paper panel, pr...

Fascinating Japanese six-panel folding Harimaze Byobu screen featuring Edo period antique calligraphy fragments and poem cards (Tanzaku). The poems are applied to a later screen deco...

Large Japanese Showa period four panel folding byobu screen depicting a mountain river landscape with spring foliage. The scene has a mountain in the background and a village house a...

Japan, a fine set of two shoji "Birds and Dragonfly" bamboo doors or screens recently acquired from a Japanese private collector. The hand carved boards are artistically cut and ins...

Fantastic Asian four panel folding byobu screen painting depicting the popular theme "One Hundred Children, or Boys". This theme was often painted by Kano School painters in the Edo ...

An impressive Japanese six-panel folding screen depicting a richly composed landscape of pine, peonies, rocks and waterfowl against a luminous gold leaf ground. A large pine tree ex...

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 and Ja...

Large 19th century Japanese Edo period six panel folding byobu screen made in the Kano school style. Beautifully crafted with signature after Kano Tan'yu. Ink and natural color pigme...

An exceptional Japanese twelve-panel folding screen featuring a sweeping landscape painted in ink against a beautifully aged gold-leaf ground. Measuring nearly four meters in width,...

Seasons Flowing in Gold is a masterful expression of depth and rhythm, painted with a subtle three-dimensional effect that brings the landscape to life. From the snow-laden willow a...

Period: Taishō–Shōwa Size: 170 cm x 378 cm (67 in x 149 in) SKU: 2480 Dimensions: 170 cm x 378 cm (67 in x 149 in) Bathed in the gentle shimmer of gold leaf, Summer Breeze on Gold ...

A striking Japanese six-panel folding screen covered entirely in silver leaf. Rather than featuring a painted composition, the screen is defined by the surface of the silver itself....

This magnificent Chinese folding screen captivates with its deep black lacquer surface, richly adorned with inlays of semi-precious stones. The composition depicts a luxuriant garden...

A gorgeous and quite striking four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring an elegantly clad Lady Murasaki, the Japanese novelist, (and famed author of the classic "Tale of Gen...