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Fold Screen com a chegada de um navio português

Kanō school · Rijksmuseum · 17th c.

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Folding Screen with the Arrival of a Portuguese Ship, 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 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 Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians" Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians" 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 →
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (CC0)

Object

Artist
Kanō school
Date
17th c.
Period
Edo
Collection
Rijksmuseum
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Materials
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Format
Pair of six-panel folding screens (byōbu)
Provenance
AK-RAK-1968-1

Comerciantes e missionários portugueses chegam ao Japão. CC0 imagens do Rijksmuseum.