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What is a Japanese byōbu?
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A Japanese byōbu, also known as a wind wall, is a collection of joined folding panels, which feature intricate designs and calligraphy. A byōbu’s function is to separate a room or space. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic byōbus from some of the world’s top sellers.
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17th Century Japanese Screen Pair, Cranes
Located in Kyoto, JP
-naped cranes extending across a pair of six-panel Japanese screens. The 15 cranes in this work, grouped
Category
Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Edo, Japanese Screen Two Panels Rinpa School
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
pigments and inky inks.
Rinpa is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. The style was
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums
Located in Kyoto, JP
Omori Soun (b. 1704)
Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Screen Painting of Stallions
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Painting of stallions.
Kano school of painting.
Mineral pigments on
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Japanese Screen Painting, circa 1700 'Horses' by Kano Tanshin
Located in Kyoto, JP
Horses
Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718)
Two-panel tea-ceremony Japanese screen or furosaki
Category
Antique 1690s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Screen Pair, Tigers by Kishi Renzan, Late Edo Period
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kishi Renzan (1804-1859)
Tigers
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens.
Ink and gold-leaf on
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
