Tosa School
Majestic Hawks Edo Screen by Tosa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
time to the Edo period with our superb Tosa school screen depicting hawks. Hawking, a favored pastime
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Antique 19th Century Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Painting of a Tale of Genji Scene, Tosa School
By Tosa School
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Mitsuyoshi (1539-1613) or one of his disciples in the Tosa School. This painting is probably a leaf taken
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Japanese Tosa School Framed Six Panel Screen Gold Leaf
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Japanese six-panel screen of the famous "Tosa school" made by an anonymous artist of the mid-18th
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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Illustration to an unidentified chapter of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)
Tosa School
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Makibashira, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Monogatari)
Tosa School (second half of the 17th Century)
Ink, pigment, gofun and gold on paper
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tosa School ca 1700 Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 17/18c Artist Tosa Mitsunari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Tosa School,
the Heian period of person (noble?) Is watching the birds fly the garden, it is drawn
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
H 74.81 in W 18.12 in D 0.04 in
Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Fujibakama, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
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Tosa School (second half of the 17th century)
Ink, pigment, gofun and gold on paper. Unframed
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Tosa School Painting of Theatre Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
with thought to be Izumo no Okuni (1578-1613). Mineral pigments and gold dust on mulberry paper with silk brocade border.
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Edo Tiger Screens by Tosa Mitsusada
By Tosa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Tosa school, inheriting a legacy of excellence from his father, Mitsuyoshi Tosa, Head of the Court
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Screen Painting, Circa 1700 'Tales of Ise' by Tosa Mitsusuke
By Tosa Mitsusuke 1
Located in Kyoto, JP
meticulously brushed with rich pigments on a gold-leaf background. Artists of the Tosa school painted for the
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Horse Roundup
Located in Hudson, NY
Interesting and unusual subject matter, Tosa School painting in mineral pigments on gold leaf with
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Battle Scene from Heike Wars
Located in Hudson, NY
Tosa School painting depicting opposing samurai, Benkei and Yoshitsune, excellent detail, mineral
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Paper Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Six panel Tosa school with rich colors depicting a river and bridge. Featuring people in various
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Antique 1750s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Courtiers Festival
Located in Hudson, NY
procession with ancient musical instruments. Tosa School painting in mineral pigments on gold leaf and
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Screen Landscape on Gold Leaf with Inks
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Six-panel screen from the Tosa school painted with ink on gold leaf depicting a relaxing oriental
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Genpei Warriors
Located in Hudson, NY
, and a screen painted in the background. Tosa School painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Hanging Scroll Attributed to Iwasa Matabei
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tosa school, the individualistic and versatile painter became an heir to the tradition of the Tosa
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Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Edo 19th Century Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Battle of Menpei
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
of "Tosa School" painted with mineral pigments on vegetable on golden silk , early 19th century.The
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 67.33 in W 145.67 in D 0.79 in
Pair of Japanese Edo Period Six-Panel Screen, "100 Boys at Play"
Located in Austin, TX
An absolutely charming pair of Japanese Tosa School six-panel folding screens painted with the "One
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Kano School ca 1700 Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 17/18c Artist Tosa Mitsunari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, the "Edo period" Kano school old painting Unryu Horaiyama map / with a box.
It is
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
H 66.74 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Flock of Cranes. Ink and color on gold leaf.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Yamato-e tradition as revived by earlier Tosa school artists. The work speaks to an age before the crane
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 66.5 in W 149.5 in D 0.75 in
Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Kakiemon Plate Dutch Decorated, 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
used on kakiemon porcelain show a great
similarity to Tosa School paintings of this subject, which in
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
High Quality 18 Century Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Kakiemon Plate Dutch
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
painting style used on kakiemon porcelain show a great
similarity to Tosa School paintings of this subject
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Seiki Yokoyama Landscape Shijo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
officially sponsored schools of the time, Kanō and Tosa, which emphasized decorativeness with highly
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Antique 19th Century Edo Paintings
Materials
Silk
H 85.83 in W 27.96 in D 0.04 in
Elegant Edo period painting by Reizei Tamechika (1823-1864) 冷泉為恭
Located in Fukuoka, JP
taught by the Tosa school, but rather the Yamato-e of the Heian and Kamakura periods; spending many years
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Nihonga Painting 18/19th c Edo Scroll Tanomura Chikuden Self Portrait
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
member of the Tosa and Kano schools. In addition to this, he also studied the writing styles of the Ming
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Antique 18th Century Edo Paintings
Materials
Silk
H 74.41 in W 17.33 in D 0.04 in
Japanese PAinting Taisho Period Scroll Reed Cutter Nihonga Eitatsu Koyama
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
the schools of Tosa and Kano. Accordingly, these different thought patterns and styles blessed him
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Vintage 1930s Taisho Paintings
Materials
Silk
H 77.17 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Recent Sales
Six-Panel Screen, Festival Procession at the Hiyoshi Shrine
By Tosa School
Located in New York, NY
shrine and temple buildings and pine-clad hills, separated by gold clouds in the Classic Tosa-school
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Paper
Two-Panel Screen, Scattered Fan with Seasonal Flowers
By Tosa School
Located in New York, NY
Two-panel folding screen; ink, mineral colors, go fun, gold leaf and gold sprinkle on paper.
Design of scattered fans, decorated with flowers associated to the different seasons.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Tosa School Framed Two Panel Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Two panel in great condition. Tosa school. With cloth and wood frame. Wired for wall hanging.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Edo Period Style Tosa School Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
. Painted in the Tosa school style with large opaque mountains and river landscape over a gold leaf
Category
20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Fine and Early "Shunga" Tosa School Erotic Painting, circa 1700
Located in South Burlington, VT
on ivory colored paper from the Tosa School emanates from an old English collection and is the
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
H 11.75 in W 11.62 in D 0.001 in
Japanese Fine and Early "Shunga" Tosa School Erotic Humor Painting, circa 1700
Located in South Burlington, VT
ivory colored paper from the Tosa School emanates from an old English collection and is the earliest
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
H 11.75 in W 12.75 in D 0.001 in
Japanese Fine and Early "Shunga" Tosa School Erotic Humor Painting, circa 1700
Located in South Burlington, VT
on ivory colored paper from the Tosa School emanates from an old English collection and is the
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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
H 11.75 in W 13 in D 0.001 in
Tosa School, Japanese Folding Screen Kyoto Old Town Landscape
Located in Brescia, IT
leaf, this "Scuola Tosa" screen is very well preserved.
The silk edge is original, as are all the red
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Tosa School Gold Leaf Paper Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Six panel decorated with a village scene with processional scene.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A Japanese 6 Panel Screen "Itsukushima Shrine"
Located in Austin, TX
An early anonymous Tosa School painting of pilgrims making their way by boat at high tide to
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Kano Screens Flowering Cherry of Yoshino Mountain
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Tosa family and Tosa school painted with ink and natural pigment colors on gold leaf squares and
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Edo Period six Panel Screen "Gion Festival", Tosa School
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese Tosa School six fold painted paper screen, byobu.
Painted in bright mineral
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Antique 1820s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Japanese Tale of Genji Painting, Takekawa, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
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Dimensions:
Approximately 17 cm x 15 cm (6.7” x 6”)
During the seventeenth century, Tosa School artists
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
17th Century Japanese Tale of Genji Painting, Maboroshi, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
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Dimensions:
Approximately 17 cm x 15 cm (6.7” x 6”)
During the 17th century, Tosa School artists
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
17th Century Japanese Tale of Genji Painting, Ukifune, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
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Tosa School (second half of the 17th Century)
Ink, pigment, gofun and gold on paper.
Dimensions
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Tosa School Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen "Tales of Genji", 1800 Edo
Located in Studio City, CA
of the famed Tosa School and based on the Classic Japanese 11th century literary work "Tales of Genji
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 35 in W 101 in D 1 in
Japanese Tosa School Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen "Tales of Genji", 1770 Edo
Located in Studio City, CA
scenes, flowing waters, rolling landscapes on gold leaf by a member of the Tosa School and based on the
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Antique 1770s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Brass
H 48 in W 108 in D 1 in
Buddhist 19th Century Tosa School Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
A large six-panel Japanese folding screen, ink, colors, gold and gold leaf on paper, depicting three scenes from Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji), the vignettes dotted with gold clou...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 67.72 in W 144.49 in D 0.79 in
Pair of Attributed Tosa Mitsuoki Pines Along Seashore Edo Screens
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Kano school influence with stylized waves and umbrella pines. Label on verso reads brush of Tosa
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
19th Century Edo Landscape Japanese Six-Panels Folding Screen in Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
Tosa School. Six-panel Japanese screen from the last Edo period, painted with mineral pigments on
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 66.93 in W 147.25 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Painted Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
shaped boxes, Okuni dancers with poems and closed fans, on silver leaf. Tosa school.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Japanese Edo Bugaku Imperial Court Dance Two-Panel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular Japanese two-panel Edo period Tosa school screen featuring warriors in costume
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Lovely Japanese 19th c Edo Scroll Tosa Mitsufumi Nihonga Painting Rising Sun
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Product Description
The item below was hand-painted by Mitsufumi Tosa.It
depicts a torii gate
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Antique 19th Century Edo Paintings
Materials
Silk
H 69.3 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Moon Night Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 18/19c Artist Tosa Mitsusada
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Mitsusada»
A Tosa school painter in the late Edo period. The second son of Tosa Mitsuyoshi.
The childhood
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
H 73.82 in W 20.87 in D 0.04 in
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Nanga School Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Chinese culture as opposed to the Kano and Tosa school style of painting. From an estate in San Francisco
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Meiji Eight-Panel Tale of Genji Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
episode. Nihonga school in the Tosa school manner with Kano school landscape elements. Miniature style 27
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Period Screen Fans over Waves
Located in Rio Vista, CA
various stylistic traditions; Kano school, Tosa school, and Nihonga school. Late 19th-early 20th century
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Paint
Japanese Showa Edo Tale of the Genji Landscape Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
resembles Tosa School works of the second half of the 17th century.
Would be a great addition to any
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Door Paintings, Circa 1850 Quail and Autumn Flowers by Sakuma Seigaku
Located in Kyoto, JP
associated with artists of the Japanese Tosa school and in particular Mitsuoki. On hanging scrolls they
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 17 in W 31.5 in D 1 in
Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen by Hara Zaichu
Located in Milano, IT
prominent Kyoto artists of his age. He was also influenced by the Tosa school as well as by later Chinese
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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Located in Rio Vista, CA
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
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Brass
Japanese Taisho Two Panel Screen Bamboo Butterfly Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
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Brass
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Located in Studio City, CA
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Located in Rio Vista, CA
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Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Yoshitsune and Benkei
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
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Brass, Gold Leaf
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Located in Rio Vista, CA
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
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Brass
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Located in Essex, MA
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Antique 1850s Japanese Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Paper
Pair of Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens the Seven Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, Mid 19th Century, Koi and Water Plants
By Iwase Hirotaka
Located in Kyoto, JP
Iwase Hirotaka (1808-1877)
Koi and Water Plants
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Seal: Illegible
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Scro...
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Antique 1860s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
H 56.5 in W 21.5 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Hunting Hawks Falcons Bird Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
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H 36 in W 70.5 in D 0.6 in
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
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Located in Hudson, NY
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Japanese Sea Captain's Chest, Funa Tansu, Keyaki and Iron, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
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H 18.25 in W 12 in D 16 in
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Located in Amsterdam, NL
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
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H 68.19 in W 144.89 in D 0.71 in
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Traditional Asian paintings were often created on scrolls and folding screens. Artisans made screens that could be folded up or spread out by connecting several panels using hinges. Today, antique Asian folding screens and paintings are sophisticated decorative accents that can serve as makeshift partitions to ensure privacy.
The original folding screens were created by Chinese artists. The earliest record of screens comes from the 2nd century B.C., and surviving examples date back to the Ming dynasty. Chinese painting utilizes many of the same tools as calligraphy — these screens were crafted from wood with painted panels featuring striking art or calligraphy that told cultural stories or represented nature and life in the area.
The practice was introduced to Japan, where paintings for screens were made on paper and silk, in the 8th century. These paintings frequently feature subjects such as landscapes, animals, flowers and Buddhist religious themes. Along with screens for tea ceremonies and dance backgrounds, there were screens for use in Shinto and Buddhist temples.
In the 17th century, screens began to be imported to Europe where their popularity grew. Coco Chanel famously collected Coromandel folding screens.
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