antique japanese screens

Composizione con bambù
Folding screen with bambooMaio Motoko (1948 - )183 x 513 cmThirteen-panel screen Washi paper, fabric and pigmentsThe screen is composed by thirteen panels of graduating size (57.5 cm to 21.5 cm) decorated on both sides. One side represents a bamboo forest, with parallel applied papier-mâché bamboo plants, while the back is an abstract design with a silver irregular band on a cobalt blue background of antique fabrics and paper. This screen perfectly shows Maio’s ability in mastering materials in order to create tactile surfaces and strong compositions, rough and delicate at the same time...

A party under the cherry blossomA four-panel folding screen  DATEEdo Period (1615-1867), 18th centuryMEDIUMInk, pigments and gofun on gold-leaf groundDIMENSIONS138.5 by 245 cm Hanami is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms (sakura). The subject of this byobu is in fact a small party with a dancer and people enjoying tea  with the traditional dango which are sold nearby by a young woman.Hanami was used as a term that meant "cherry blossom viewing"...

MatsuriSix-panel screen depicting Japanese festivalsEarly Edo period, 17th centuryInk, pigments and gold leaf on paper 172 x 374 cm The screen shows several genre scenes set during traditional Japanese festivals. The various scenes are separated, as usual in screens of this type, by resorting to the expedient of clouds in the foreground.Amidst street vendors, stores, tea houses, and celebrating families, one can easily spot a large cherry blossom tree in the center, a koinobori (large three-dimensional carp-shaped flag) to the left, and an o-hamaori procession below. On this...

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