Namban Screens (Nanban byōbu)

Attributed to Kanō Sanraku · Suntory Museum of Art · early 17th century

Namban Screens attributed to Kanō Sanraku, left-hand screen: scenes in a foreign country

Suntory Museum of Art; Google Art Project (public-domain artwork)

Object

Artist: Attributed to Kanō Sanraku
Date: early 17th century
Period: Azuchi–Momoyama
Collection: Suntory Museum of Art
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Materials: Ink, gold, and color on silk
Format: Pair of six-panel folding screens (byōbu)
Provenance: Important Cultural Property of Japan; Sakamoto cat. 5

Attributed to Kanō Sanraku: the right screen shows a Western ship entering a port where missionaries gather; the left depicts scenes in a foreign country. Google Art Project (public-domain artwork).