Byōbu
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Byōbu are Japanese folding screens made from several joined panels, bearing decorative painting and calligraphy, used to separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses.
A six-panel byōbu from the 17th century
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 17th century in Eggenberg Castle in Graz
Shōrin-zu byōbu
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The Pine Trees screen is a pair of six-panel folding screens by the Japanese artist Hasegawa Tōhaku, founder of the Hasegawa school of Japanese art. The precise date for the screens is not known, but
Hasegawa Tohaku Pine Trees right hand screen