It's a an understatement to say that we carry a remarkably wide selection of traditional Japanese style rice paper screens, ranging from the familiar, inexpensive designs sold in futon shops and discount stores, to less common, high quality, authentic reproductions of classic Edo period rice paper room dividers. We also carry a unique selection of contemporary, East Asian fusion design rice paper screens, incorporating decor elements reflecting multiple regional styles, combining historical and modern motifs.
Local furniture making traditions in cultures and countries world wide include both ornate, decorative, painted designs, adorned with plaster, stone, even shell carving, as well as much more practical, well crafted, unadorned, all natural fiber room dividers. Paper is the lightest of all natural, plant derived materials, and has the advantage of allowing diffused light. Almost anyone with a home can benefit from these light, portable, foldable solutions to the perennial problems of diffusing bright light, hiding unsightly areas, creating defined, intimate space within a larger room, as well as separating people to provide privacy in close quarters.
Some of our most popular folding rice paper room dividers have classic Japanese block art print designs printed on the front of the shade- see our Cherry Tree, Bamboo Tree, Geisha, Samurai, and Mountain Landscape designs. We offer our two most popular rice paper screens, the bargain priced window pane lattice and double cross hatch lattice designs, in an incredible number of variations - in 7 finishes, in 3, 4, 5, or 6 panels wide, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 feet tall.
Black and white are the most popular painted finish colors, while Cherry colored Rosewood, Mocha colored Walnut, Oak colored Honey, and Pine colored Natural are the most popular stains. However, for those two styles, in the three panel, six foot variation only, we offer an amazing array of colors of paint finishes- White and Ivory, Gold, Silver, Gray, Red and Pink, Purple and Lavender, 3 shades of Blue and Green, 2 shades of Yellow, and Orange. We also offer many, if not most of the higher quality, less common Edo period reproductions and exotic fusion designs in the same seven colors, in 3, 4, 5, and 6 panel widths, 4, 6, and 7 feet tall. If you are looking for classic Japanese rice paper screens, really and truly, you have come to the right place.
