Byōbu: The Grandeur of Japanese Screens

  • Kyoto Kano School, "Tale of Genji," Edo period, ca. 1625–50. Right screen from a pair of six-panel folding screens: ink, color, and gold leaf on gold-flecked paper. Yale University Art Gallery, Edward H. Dunlap, B.A. 1934, Fund
  • Konoe Nobutada, "Waka Byōbu (Poetry Screen)," Momoyama period, before 1614. Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper. Yale University Art Gallery, Purchased with a gift from Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, LL.B. 1963, and the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
  • "Rinpa-Style Inkstone Box (Suzuribako)," Edo period, ca. 17th–18th century. Black lacquer on wood with mother-of-pearl inlay, with an ink stone and a metal water dropper. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of the Yale University Art Gallery Governing Board in honor of Louisa Cunningham
  • "Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maple with Poem Slips," Edo period, 17th century. Pair of six-panel folding screens: ink, mineral color, gold, and silver on paper. Collection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger,LL.B. 1963
  • Ike Taiga, "Moonlight Bamboo," Edo period, ca. 1758–60. Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper. Yale University Art Gallery, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
  • Itō Jakuchū, "Chickens," Edo period, ca. 1770–80. Six-panel folding screen: ink on paper. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi, B.A. 1967
  • Kaihō Yūsetsu, "Dragon and Tiger with Leopard," Edo period, mid-17th century. Pair of six-panel folding screens: ink on paper. Lent by Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi, B.A. 1967
  • Attributed to Hasegawa Tōgaku, "Waves and Rocks," Momoyama period, early 17th century. Right screen from a pair of six-panel folding screens: ink and gold on paper with sections covered with gold foil. Private Collection
  • Kitamura Tatsuo, "Black Tea Bowl with Dragon," Heisei era, ca. 2000. Lacquer on wood. Collection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, LL.B. 1963
  • "Imari Plate," Japanese, Edo period, 1655–65. Early Imari ware (from a kiln in Chōkichidani, Arita); porcelain with blue underglaze. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Mrs. Charles J. Morse
  • "Early Kabuki," Japanese, Edo period, early 17th century. Six-panel folding screen: ink and color on paper. Lent by Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi, B.A. 1967
  • "Hie-Sannō Festival," Momoyama period, 1590s. Eight-panel folding screen: ink, color, and gold pigment on gold-foiled paper. Lent by Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi, B.A. 1967
  • Maio Motoko, "Wind Screen for Tea Brazier," Heisei era, 2004. Two-panel folding screen: washi paper with metallic foil and the backing paper treated with persimmon juice. Collection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, LL.B. 1963
February 11, 2014

At the Yale University Art Gallery: Byōbu: The Grandeur of Japanese Screens  February 7–July 6, 2014  Presented in three successive installations: Tales and Poems in Byōbu: February 7–March 23, 2014; Brush and Ink in Byōbu: March 25–May 11, 2014; Nature and Celebration in Byōbu: May 13–July 6, 2013.

Exhibition organized by Sadako Ohki, the Japan Foundation Associate Curator of Japanese Art, Yale University Art Gallery.  Made possible by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, the Council on East Asian Studies, and an endowment created with a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.