An antique Japanese screen Byobu Kano Scool
The screen painted on gold leaf depicts a group of cranes entertaining themselves on the shore of a pond surrounded by golden clouds, a typical theme of the Kano School. The scene is full of symbolic and highly evocative contents, cranes are in fact among the themes most represented by Japanese culture for their meaning of fidelity and good wish. At the bottom left you can see ideograms and the author's signature. Gold leaf on paper with ink and mineral colors
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Japan
The screen painted on gold leaf depicts a group of cranes entertaining themselves on the shore of a pond surrounded by golden clouds, a typical theme of the Kano School. The scene is full of symbolic and highly evocative contents, cranes are in fact among the themes most represented by Japanese culture for their meaning of fidelity and good wish. At the bottom left you can see ideograms and the author's signature. Gold leaf on paper with ink and mineral colors - Schreiber Collezioni