Japanese folding screen from the late Edo period - Japanese folding screen from the late Edo period around 1840, 6-part screen, wood and paper, ink on gold ground, full-surface depiction of "snow-covered Asian pine trees in a lunar landscape", h approx. 170cm, w approx. 360cm (each wing width approx. 63cm), purchased in 1995 at Galerie GEMINI (Gallery for Japanese Art) in Munich for DM 17,800 (proof of purchase available)

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