Gregg Baker Asian Art

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Gregg Baker Asian Art carries one of the largest collections of Japanese screens in Europe, Buddhist

Established in Mayfair in 1985, and on Kensington Church Street, London, the gallery is now located in Brussels, Belgium. The gallery focuses on antique Japanese paper screens with the largest stock in Europe. Our works of art range from metalwork, in the form of flower vessels and sculpture, to lacquer ware, cloisonné, scrolls, scholar's objects and Buddhist sculpture not only from Japan but also selected works from China and Korea. We have been a strong supporter of Asian Art in London since its inception in 1997, holding a themed exhibition in the autumn of each year. In an effort to raise awareness of Japanese art, we give gallery talks to clients and to students from both SOAS and the British Museum which is always a great pleasure. We have been instrumental in advising and building collections for clients and supplying additions to the collections of museums in Great Britain, the Netherlands and the U.S.A.

15/10/2026

A little Kintsugi magic in Tokyo!

While in Tokyo, we also had the chance to take a Kintsugi class — an accelerated version of this traditional Japanese art, as the layers of lacquer would normally take several weeks to dry properly.
What a fascinating experience! We absolutely loved it and can’t wait to try it again at home in Brussels.

Have you taken a Kintsugi class in Brussels? If you have any recommendations, please share them with us in the comments!

Discover our available artworks on our webiste :
www.japanesescreens.com

13/10/2026

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, an exhibition of Japanese treasures from the British Museum has drawn enormous crowds! We queued for an hour in the middle of the week, right around lunchtime. Visitors were moving through the galleries one by one, packed tightly together and taking tiny steps to catch a glimpse of the artworks. Needless to say, it was almost impossible to truly enjoy the exhibition!
Among the works selected for the show was a Kano School two-fold screen that we previously sold to the British Museum. Photography was not permitted in the exhibition, but the screen is beautifully reproduced in the catalogue.

A proud moment for us to see this work included in such a prestigious exhibition!

Discover our available artworks on our webiste :
www.japanesescreens.com

10/10/2026

No words are needed when faced with a landscape like this. In Japan, nature is not simply a source of inspiration—it is at the very heart of its artistic tradition. From the changing seasons and delicate textures to the quiet beauty of imperfection, the natural world has shaped the way beauty is perceived, expressed, and experienced in Japanese art.

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www.japanesescreens.com

08/10/2026

This trip to Japan has a particularly special meaning for us, as we are celebrating our cotton anniversary.
So when we came across this beautiful sōtai dōsojin on the Nakasendō, it felt like a little sign meant just for us.

Dōsojin are traditional Japanese protective deities of roads, boundaries and travelers.
The Nakasendō was an important Edo-period highway connecting Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto through the mountains. The Kiso section, particularly Magome–Tsumago, preserves an unusually atmospheric stretch of the old road. Dōsojin were placed precisely in these kinds of locations — at the edges of settlements and along more isolated sections where travelers needed protection.

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www.japanesescreens.com

06/10/2026

Back from our trip to Japan! 🇯🇵

Stay tuned as we share some highlights and discoveries from our journey.

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03/10/2026

The last two panels of the left-hand screen show an area of loss, most probably caused by a rodent. Valuable objects were traditionally stored in a kura, a thick-walled, fireproof storehouse separate from the main residence, where artworks, documents and valuable commodities such as rice were kept. These enclosed storage environments could occasionally be affected by rodent activity especially when the stored artworks were left untouched for long periods.
Rather than detracting from the work, this may be understood as part of the screens’ history, lending them an added sense of authenticity. For this reason, I felt it important to record this pair of screens exactly as they survive today, preserved in their original yet slightly imperfect state and ready for carefully considered conservation if desired.

Discover our fully illustrated catalogue for this exceptional pair of screens is available upon request.

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01/10/2026

"Particularly striking is the careful opposition established between the two screens. The descending movement of the wisteria vines is answered by the upward growth of the bush clover, while the placement of cloud forms and compositional densities reinforces a subtle visual inversion across the pair. Vertical rhythms dominate the wisteria screen through the hanging blossoms and upright bamboo supports, producing an atmosphere of restraint and controlled elegance. By contrast, the bush clover spreads laterally across the surface, animated by angled fencing and densely clustered blossoms that generate a more expansive and vigorous movement."

Discover our fully illustrated catalogue for this exceptional pair of screens is available upon request.

Discover our available artworks on our webiste :
www.japanesescreens.com

29/09/2026

"During these decades, I have studied and handled thousands of screens. Yet this is the first occasion on which I have encountered what appears to be one of the very few surviving examples preserved in almost entirely original condition. Japanese screens are typically remounted approximately every hundred years as adhesives deteriorate and structural elements weaken. For this reason, it is extremely rare to find a pair dating from the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century that have remained in such a wonderful state of preservation after more than four hundred years."

Discover our fully illustrated catalogue for this exceptional pair of screens is available upon request.

Discover our available artworks on our webiste :
www.japanesescreens.com

26/09/2026

"While the identity of Hasegawa Tōji remains somewhat obscure, the present pair of screens nevertheless reveals a painter of exceptional sensitivity to both the material possibilities of screen painting and the compositional innovations associated with the Hasegawa atelier. Through their refined handling of floral forms, sumptuous gold-leaf surfaces, and close visual dialogue with works by Hasegawa Tōhaku and his followers, Wisteria and Bush-clover stand as compelling evidence of the continued vitality and evolution of the Hasegawa atelier in the decades surrounding the transition from Momoyama to Edo rule."

Discover our fully illustrated catalogue for this exceptional pair of screens is available upon request.

Discover our available artworks on our webiste :
www.japanesescreens.com

24/09/2026

A fully illustrated catalogue for this exceptional pair of screens is available upon request.

Leave a comment or send us a DM if you would like to acquire our new book, Perfectly Imperfect, and discover the work in full: a magnificent pair of six-fold paper screens by Hasegawa Tōji, painted in ink and colour on a luminous gold ground.

A rare opportunity to explore this extraordinary work in greater depth — and to own the publication dedicated to its discovery.

Discover our available artworks on our webiste :
www.japanesescreens.com

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