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A chegada de um navio português, um de um par (Nanban screens)

Kanō school · Asian Art Museum, SF · ca. 1620–1640

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Arrival of a Portuguese ship, one of a pair (Nanban screens), right-hand folding screen
The Black Ship (kurofune) The Black Ship (kurofune) A Portuguese carrack (Port. nau) dropping anchor at Nagasaki or another port in southern Japan, the defining compositional element across the corpus of "Arrivals" screens. Their hulls were painted black with pitch for waterproofing, hence the name "black ship" (Jap. kurofune). Detail of The Black Ship (kurofune) on Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians" Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians" Detail of The Black Ship (kurofune) on Folding Screen with the Arrival of a Portuguese Ship Folding Screen with the Arrival of a Portuguese Ship Detail of The Black Ship (kurofune) on Namban Screens Namban Screens Detail of The Black Ship (kurofune) on Namban Screens Namban Screens Detail of The Black Ship (kurofune) on Namban folding screens Namban folding screens Detail of The Black Ship (kurofune) on Namban folding screens Namban folding screens See all 7 examples → Compare side by side →
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Google Arts (public-domain artwork)

Object

Artist
Kanō school
Date
ca. 1620–1640
Period
Not recorded
Collection
Asian Art Museum, SF
Location
San Francisco, CA
Materials
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Format
Not recorded
Provenance
Not recorded