The Osaka paravent brought to life: Schloss Eggenberg
An early 17th century Japanese folding screen at Schloss Eggenberg holds the world's only surviving view of Osaka in its Toyotomi golden age, the fortress and castle town as they stood before 1615. For centuries the screen was cut into the wall covering of a room in Graz and forgotten, recognised again only in 2001 and rebuilt as an eight panel paravent. A replica of it was shown at World Expo 2025 in Osaka, brought to life by Artivive so visitors could hold up a phone and watch the vanished city move. In September 2026 the replica came to Graz: it now greets visitors at the entrance to Schloss Eggenberg, telling the story of the artwork in augmented reality before they step inside.
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Artivive works with museums and galleries to add a digital layer to paintings, objects and wall texts. No app development, no code.
Credits
- Universalmuseum Joanneum custodian of the original screen
- Austria Pavilion, World Expo 2025 Osaka where the replica debuted
- Pick what people will point their phone at: a painting, poster, pack, page or wall.
- Add the digital layer in the Artivive editor. Video, image, 3D model, sound. No code.
- Publish. Visitors open it in the free app or through a WebAR link, and enterprise campaigns run fully white label, under your own brand.
ORF reports the handover at Schloss Eggenberg
Steiermark heute, ORF 2, 14 September 2026. German audio with English subtitles.
Video: ORF, Steiermark heute (14 Sep 2026)
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