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A chegada dos “barbaros do Sul”

Unknown (Japanese) · Cleveland Museum of Art · c. 1600

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Arrival of the Southern Barbarians, left-hand 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 a Portuguese ship, one of a pair (Nanban screens) Arrival of a Portuguese ship, one of a pair (Nanban screens) 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 →
Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0)

Object

Artist
Unknown (Japanese)
Date
c. 1600
Period
Momoyama–early Edo
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Location
Cleveland, OH
Materials
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Format
Pair of six-panel folding screens (byōbu)
Provenance
Cleveland Museum of Art 1960.193.1–.2; Sakamoto cat. 49

Um par de telas de seis painéis mostrando comerciantes e missionários portugueses chegando ao Japão. imagens de acesso aberto (CC0) do Museu de Arte de Cleveland.