Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Shakuhachi Shunga or "Spring Art" such

Shunga or "Spring Art" such as this was outlawed throughout Japan for centuries but persisted even by the very most famous artists

In Japan these are the 8th

the elaborate cross-form iron lock fitting on the kinko-dana door is a bold statement of the period blacksmith's craft

as well as

flowing water

Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Shakuhachi Shunga or "Spring Art" suchJapanese 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