Namban

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Namban refers to the style of art connected with European missionaries and merchants in Japan during the 16th and 17th centuries, including Japanese artists painting in a Western style, European imported art, and traditonal Japanese art depicting Europeans. Taught by Jesuit priest Giovanni Niccolo in 1583, artists produced works in a traditional Western style, often religious in theme. Namban motifs include Western peoples, ships, rosaries, and crosses, found on folding screens, flasks, and lacquer ware.

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Getty Vocabulary, AAT (Namban (Japanese painting styles): AAT: 300018585)

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General Description
Namban refers to the style of art connected with European missionaries and merchants in Japan during the 16th and 17th centuries, including Japanese artists painting in a Western style, European imported art, and traditonal Japanese art depicting Europeans. Taught by Jesuit priest Giovanni Niccolo in 1583, artists produced works in a traditional Western style, often religious in theme. Namban motifs include Western peoples, ships, rosaries, and crosses, found on folding screens, flasks, and lacquer ware.

Excerpt from
Getty Vocabulary, AAT (Namban (Japanese painting styles): AAT: 300018585)

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*Decorative Arts and Design
decorative arts: AAT: 300054168
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Europe (continent): TGN: 1000003
religious objects: AAT: 300234098
crosses (motifs): AAT: 300010044
Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120
.glossary
missionaries: AAT: 300025764
rosaries (prayer beads): AAT: 300262831
ships: AAT: 300082981
folding screens: AAT: 300265156
lacquerware: AAT: 300264021
flasks (bottles): AAT: 300045671
Namban: AAT: 300018585
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