Namban Screens

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Number:027764

Title:Namban Screens

Artist: Sanraku, Kano (um 1559-1635)

Museum: Suntory Museum of Art

Method: Watercolour and ink on paper

Created: First third of 17th cen.

School: Japan

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Trend in art: The Oriental Arts

Keywords: Ship, Ships, Screen, Japan, Warship, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Paravent, Paravents, Japanese folding screens, Folding screens, Byobu, Screens, Discovery of the Americas, Ferdinand Magellan, Magellan, Magallanes, Carrack, Carracks, Sailing warship, Momoyama period, Armada de Molucca, Circumnavigation, Nanban art, Namban, Nanban, Nanban trade