A two-fold some-e (batik) silk folding screen by Minagawa Taizo (1917-2005) with the landscape of a sunrise at Uji Kyoto. Byodoin temple can be seen on the lower right hand side.
Japan, 20th century, Shōwa period.
Tomobako (original box) inscribed:
Lid: Uji chyōton (round sunrise at Uji)
Lid interior: Taizō saku (made by Taizō)
Seal: Tai
Note: the back of the screen bears a label which reads: Uji. Minagawa Taizō.
Modern Screens
A screen with abstract calligraphy “Garden”
Triptych screen by Suda Kokuta
A two-fold batik silk folding screen
A six-fold screen with calligraphy by Ryoji Koie
A lacquer screen by Onaga Tamotsu
A pair of six-fold screens depicting ‘One Hundred Boys'
A pair of six-fold paper with sweetfish
A pair of six-fold screens with poem slips from the 17th century
A two-fold lacquer screen with a persimmon tree
