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Kanō Naizen · Kobe City Museum · c. 1600

Arrival of the Southern Barbarians by Kanō Naizen, left-hand folding screen

Kobe City Museum; Google Arts (public-domain artwork)

Object

Artist: Kanō Naizen
Date: c. 1600
Period: Azuchi–Momoyama / early Edo
Collection: Kobe City Museum
Location: Kobe, Japan
Materials: Ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Format: Pair of six-panel folding screens (byōbu)
Provenance: Kanō school commission; municipal collection

Um nao português lança âncoras em Nagasaki; sacerdotes jesuítas, detentores africanos e comerciantes em calças bombásticas desfilaram em frente a um castelo.