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Nanban art

Nanban byōbu of c.1570-1616 attributed to Kanō Naizen, Kobe City Museum[1]
Western Kings on Horseback byōbu of c.1611-1614, Kobe City Museum. It is a work that fuses Western themes and techniques with Japanese techniques.[2]
A Japanese lacquerware produced and exported at the request of the Society of Jesus. Azuchi–Momoyama period, 16th century, Kyushu National Museum

Nanban art (南蛮美術) refers to Japanese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced by contact with the Nanban (南蛮) or 'Southern barbarians', traders and missionaries from Europe and specifically from Portugal. It is a Sino-Japanese word, Chinese Nánmán, originally referring to the peoples of South Asia and Southeast Asia. During the Nanban trade period, the word took on a new meaning when it came to designate the Portuguese, who first arrived in 1543, and later other Europeans. The term also refers to paintings which Europeans brought to Japan.[3][4]

  1. ^ 南蛮屏風 Kobe City Museum
  2. ^ 泰西王侯騎馬図 Kobe City Museum
  3. ^ Okamoto, Yoshitomo (1972). The Namban Art of Japan. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-1008-5.
  4. ^ "Nanban-e". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 28 March 2011.

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