A Taisho/Showa era 2 panel Japanese Rimpa painting of 3 strong carp swimming in a dark pool of water amongst an ethereal mist. This peaceful quiet contemplative moment in time feels to occur right before droplets turn to rainfull. Artist signed at the bottom right corner.

Age: 1920-1930

Dimensions: 59 3/4" High by 55" Wide.

Japanese pair of byobu (folding screen paintings) with large pine trees. In one screen is the full moon, in the other the red sun floating in a misty background. Painted in sumi-e ink and light colors on paper. Signed by the artist.

Age: Taisho Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 65" high x 142" long

Japanese 2-panel byobu (screen painting) of a mountain landscape scene with a rocky cliff covered with lush, green trees. A stream runs into a calm reflective pool below the cliff face before it exits the other side on it's way down the mountain.
Painted in mineral colors and ink on paper. Signed by the artist.

Age: Taisho Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 67" high x 73" long

Majestic and rare lacquered wooden screen with an elegant peacock in the center that stands out among golden and silver clouds. The peacock is depicted on a gnarled cherry blossom trunk, whose branch extends harmoniously into the background...

Two-panel paper folding screen with gold leaf applications, depicting a naturalistic scene of blue irises in bloom and a sparrow flying among the clouds. Period: Meiji late 19th century Dimensions: 101.5 x 121 cm. Condition: Good. There are signs of wear, losses and retouching on the drawing. Defects along the joints between the first and second panels with restored parts. There are two holes in the paper on the back.

Japanese antique 6-panel byubu screen painted with a scene of a pair of Ho-oh birds (rainbow phoenixes) in a blossoming cherry tree. Symbolizing rebirth, renewal, fidelity, purity and harmony, the Ho-o bird also represents the southern star constellation and is a symbol of prosperity. This image is painted in mineral colors on gold leafed paper.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)

Dimensions: 31 3/4" high x 80" long

The thatch roofed studio of potter Mashimizu Zoroku by Shibata Banyo dating from the Taisho to early Showa period. Pigment on silk in a red lacquered wooden frame. It is 190 x 170 cm (74 1/2 x 67 inches) and is in overall fine condition with some light foxing and minor handling marks typical of age. For another example of this scene by Banyo see:Rokasensuiso to Yamamoto Shunkyo (2022, Otsu City Historical Museum) page 14.
Shibata Banyo (1885-1942) was an influential artist born in Otsu...

A six-panel screen on paper depicting a scene of everyday life, with men sitting in a hilly setting while drinking tea. The men are sitting on tatami mats, engaged in a simple refreshment break and are dressed in traditional kimonos. The panels are surrounded by two silk borders, a thicker blue one with a geometric pattern and a thin one. A black lacquered wooden frame completes and protects this screen...

Japanese byobu screen, painted on paper with natural pigments and inks with accurate details, depicting the theme of life slipping away quickly. Under the shade of the pine tree, an elderly couple approaches a pair of turtles. The elderly couple and the thousand-year-old turtles represent a link between the past and the present, underlining the value of contemplation in Japanese culture. Period: Edo 19th century Dimensions: 166 x 351 cm. Conservation status: Good condition...

Antique Japanese six-panel screen painting (byobu) with a design of fans on silver leaf ground. Each fan is an intricate scene of sections carefully salvaged from even older paintings. Fans with battle scenes, peonies, maples, pines, bamboo, waves and more. Painted in mineral colors and gold leaf on paper. The silver leaf of the screen has beautifully oxidized over time.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)

Dimensions: 66" high x 148" long

An antique 2 panel Japanese screen titled Scholar in Summer Landscape. Painted in sumi on paper, mounted on a wooden core frame with paper hinges, textile border and lacquered molding. Signature & seal: JUZAN (Nagamura Senzan, 1820-1862) who was a Nanga painter.

Age: Edo Period mid 19th century

Dimensions: 67 3/4" high by 74 1/2" wide.

Ink, colors and gold on paper with gofun (calcified crushed shell) surrounded by a border of silk brocade and framed in black lacquered wood. It depicts a famous 12th century war scene between the Minamoto and Taira clans. On the second and third panels, from the right, probably Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) mounted on his black horse Tayuguro leading his cavalry on their epic charge into the Hiyodori Gorge to attack the Taira forces encamped by the sea at Ichi no Tani (spring 1184); Unsi...

Byobu, traditional Japanese six-panel screen depicting a scene from the "Tales of Genji", with Mitsusada seal. The scene is enclosed at the top and bottom by strips of silver leaf, which give a luminous appearance to the entire screen...

Antique Japanese small two-panel screen painting. A beautifully painted image of a pheasant in mid flight. A quiet body of water is lightly suggested below. On the right side of the composition is a blossoming tree with white flowers and new leaves. Painted in ink and light colors on paper. Mounted with brackets for hanging on the wall.

Age: Late edo to Early Meiji C. 19th Century

Dimensions: 24 1/2" high x 56 1/2" long

Byobu 屏風, folding screen, with six wooden panels covered with hand-painted paper with gold leaf and fine silk applications. The main scene shows a pair of black carts with vases and a selection of flowers, such as wisteria, iris, peony and chrysanthemum, with distinct colors in various shades. Period: Meiji end of 19th century. Dimensions: 118 x 364 x 2 cm. State of conservation: Excellent condition - There is slight wear compatible with time.

Pair of 6-panel screens; ink, colors, gofun (crushed calcified crustacean shell) and gold on paper framed by a double silk brocade border. The screen on the right represents numerous geese (14), some flying down in front of a black moon, others in search of food or resting among the grass at the edge of a body of water with a background of a mountain. The left screen depicts egrets (7), three of which are perched on the trunk of a majestic weeping willow, covered in a white pigment represent...

Japanese antique small 6-panel screen painting of five cranes flying over waves as the sun rises in the distance. Painted in mineral colors with gold flecks on paper. Signature: Morifusa.

Age: Showa Period Mid 20th Century

Dimensions: 22 1/2" high x 62 1/2" long

Antique Japanese 4-panel small screen painting of landscape. Mountain landscape with rocky outcroppings, huts and trees on the edge of a wide expanse of water. A group of scholars contemplate a water fall. More figures sit outside waterside huts. A lone figure fishes from a boat. Painted in ink and light colors on paper. Signed Unkoku Toeki (1591-1644).
Unkoku Toeki was the second son of Unkoku Tōgan...