A pair of six fold paper screens painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with numerous screens.
The scene is of many screens some folded some open and some completely closed and stacked to one side. The screens depicted are decorated in various styles and with a wide range of subject ranging from a two fold Nanga style sumie landscape through to Tosa school scenes from the ever popular classic The Tale of Genji.
Japan
Edo period 18th century
Dimensions: H. 5’ 7” x W. 12’ 4 ¾” (170cm x 378cm)