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The low screen has a frame of unvarnished cedar wood measuring 63.3 cm × 185 cm (24.9 in × 72.8 in) which holds two paper panels, mostly white with a few bold markings of black ink and flecks of glittering mica, indicating an expanse of ice on a lake which is cracking, receding into the distance. It is signed and sealed "應擧" (Ōkyo).
A six-panel byōbu from the 17th century Pair of screens with a leopard, tiger and dragon by Kanō Sanraku, 17th century, each 1.78 m × 3.56 m (5.8 ft × 11.7 ft), displayed flat Left panel of Irises (燕子花図, kakitsubata-zu) by Ogata Kōrin, 1702 Left panel of the Shōrin-zu byōbu (松林図 屏風, Pine Trees screen) by Hasegawa Tōhaku, c. 1595 Byōbu depicting Osaka from the early ...
The work was painted with ink and colour on paper, with squares of gold leaf applied around the painted areas to create a shimmering reflective background reminiscent of water. The deep blue was made from powdered azurite (群青, gunjō). Each six-panel screen measures 150.9 by 338.8 centimetres (59.4 in × 133.4 in).
By the mid-Heian period, Chinese style kara-e painting was replaced with the classical Japanese yamato-e style, in which the images were painted primarily on sliding screens and byōbu folding screens. [8] At the close of the Heian period around 1185, the practice of adorning emakimono hand scrolls with
A tsuitate (衝立) is a form of single-panel portable partition traditionally used in Japan since at least the 6th century. [1] They may be made of wood, or a wood frame covered in paper or silk cloth. [1] [2] The panels are often illustrated, with paintings on both sides, sometimes by well-known artists. [1]
A free-standing single-panel partition. [12] Wood, or wood frame covered with cloth or paper, often painted. Feet may be integral, or a separate stand into which a fusuma-like panel can be slotted. [13] Shown is a konmeichi (昆明池) panel, 6 shaku (181.8 cm (71.6 in)) tall; most are shorter seated-height panels. [14] Dates from the 600s or ...
A group plays a sugoroku board game in a detail of the Hikone screen. The Hikone screen (彦根屏風, Hikone byōbu) is a Japanese painted byōbu folding screen of unknown authorship made during the Kan'ei era (c. 1624–44). The 94-×-274.8-centimetre (37.0 × 108.2 in) screen folds in six parts and is painted on gold-leaf paper.
Folding screens were originally made from wooden panels and painted on lacquered surfaces, eventually folding screens made from paper or silk became popular too. [3] Even though folding screens were known to have been used since antiquity, it became rapidly popular during the Tang dynasty (618–907). [7]