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Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians"

南蛮図屏風

c. 1600

Japan, Momoyama period

(1573–1615)
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Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
Measurements
Image: 146.7 x 337.2 cm (57 3/4 x 132 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1960.193.2
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Location
235A Japanese
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Europeans were called "Southern Barbarians" because their ships arrived in Japan from the south.

Description

This screen and its corresponding screen show Portuguese merchants arriving in Japan, having crossed the oceans in their large ship with a multinational crew. The Portuguese were known in Japan as the “Southern Barbarians” because they arrived from the south and their customs and manners were unfamiliar to the Japanese, who had not encountered anyone from Europe until their first appearance in 1543. In 1639, the Portuguese were forced out of Japan, mainly owing to internal difficulties caused by their Catholic missionaries, but they were a major conduit for both objects and ideas from Europe for nearly 100 years.

Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians"

c. 1600

Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

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