Traditional byobu painting examples

February, 2011

Here are a few examples of Japanese byobu (folding screen) paintings to help demonstrate the aesthetic connection between my "Byobu panorama" series photographs and this artistic tradition...

Bamboo and Plums by Ogata Korin (1658-1716)

Flowering Plants of Autumn by Tawaraya Sosetsu (Edo, 17th Cen­tury)

The Bridge at Uji, one of a pair of six-panel screens, 17th century Japanese, Edo period

Waves at Matsushima by Tawaraya Sotatsu (fl. ca. 1600-1643)

Flowering Plum and Camellia by Suzuki Kiitsu (c. 1850s)

Eight-Planked Bridge (Yatsuhashi) (pair of six-panel folding screens) by Ogata Korin (1658–1716)