Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Sake Striking late Meiji period kogai

Striking late Meiji period kogai (笄) hair ornament featuring deep red lacquer over wood with translucent amber-tone celluloid ends

these ornaments blend traditional craftsmanship with elegance

We had four of these available at the time of listing

and condition assessment

A clean and characterful example of Southeast Asian unglazed stoneware — the allover stamped rosette decoration and compact handled form give it considerable tactile and visual appeal

Vintage Japanese Showa 4 Panel Folding Screen Peony Swallow Butterfly Polychrome 36" Sake Striking late Meiji period kogaiJapanese 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