Two panel folding screen with six old Edo period paintings
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Price: € 650,00€ 350,00
A two-panel byobu-screen with six old Edo period paintings and poems of the Rokkasen.
The Rokkasen where a group of poets from the early Heian period mentioned in the Imperial Waka-poem Anthology Kokinshū.
The six individual paintings are pasted on the screen (of a later date) on a paper background. Paintings have scratches due to age and use.
The screen has a black lacquered wooden frame and a nice blue floral brocade border.
The backside is in good condition but has some marks of wear, see photo’s.
Size; H. : 174.5 cm; W. : 90 cm (x2)= 180 cm total width.
This kind of roomdivider is light in weight and can also be easily mounted flat on a wall.
