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Kanō Naizen · Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga · c. 1600

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Namban folding screens by Kanō Naizen, right-hand screen
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Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon; Google Arts (public-domain artwork)

Object

Artist
Kanō Naizen
Date
c. 1600
Period
Azuchi–Momoyama
Collection
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Materials
Gold leaf and polychrome tempera on paper
Format
Pair of six-panel folding screens (byōbu)
Provenance
Sakamoto cat. 16

Kanō Naizen pair at MNAA Lisbon; Google Arts gigapixel stitch (public-domain artwork).