Vintage Japanese | Large Double-Sided Solid Wood Art Screen with Noh Figure and Chrysanthemums
This large Japanese solid wood art screen is a vintage Japanese piece combining furniture function, traditional cultural meaning and artistic display. It is built as a solid wooden structure standing about 135 cm high, with a very strong presence in a space. Unlike ordinary light folding screens, this piece is closer to a “large solid wood art partition / tsuitate,” a woodwork piece that can stand on its own. As the current photos show, one side takes a Noh figure as its subject. The figure wears ornate traditional costume in vermilion, ultramarine, gold and off-white covered with fine traditional Japanese patterns; the long white hair, mask-like expression and stage posture give the whole a strong atmosphere of Noh culture and dramatic tension.