Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Sake During the Edo period

During the Edo period

relatively few old examples remain — destroyed by fire

and patina (see photos)

Striking late Meiji period kogai (笄) hair ornament featuring deep red lacquer over wood with translucent amber-tone celluloid ends

and condition assessment

Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Sake During the Edo periodJapanese Showa Four Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome Korean Influenced 36 Inches A vivid and exuberantly decorated mid Showa period Japanese four panel folding screen (byobu) in the bird and flower (kach ga) tradition, notable for its warm ochre buff ground and richly polychrome palette showing strong Korean minhwa decorative influence. The composition sweeps across all four panels as a single unified image: cascading peony