A Furosaki Byobu [Tea Screen]
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A Furosaki Byobu [Tea Screen]

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Closed11 May 2011

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GBP 8,750

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A Furosaki Byobu [Tea Screen]
Edo Period (18th century)
Ink on gold leaf, of a knarled plum beside a stream
73 x 178cm.

Specialist note

Furosaki byobu are low, two-leaf folding screens used as partitions in a tea-ceremony rooms [chashitsu]. They were originally used as a windbreak for the portable brazier, but also acquired an important decorative function, and served to divide the space within the room.