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Folding Screen of Arrival of the Nambanjin (Western People)

南蛮人渡来図屏風
Folding Screen of Arrival of the Nambanjin (Western People) (南蛮人渡来図屏風)
PLATE IImage: The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Painting · Edo period, 17th century · held by The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Paintings
Date
1601–1700
Catalogue ID
cobas-175747

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On the left screen is the people watching the unloading of a European ship, and on the right screen is a general and his party headed for a Christian church. In this screen, where the subject unfolds from the left screen to the right screen, the interest of the Japanese towards the foreign cultures seen within the depiction of splendid European people, treasures, and animals from the west, is uniquely and lively depicted. （「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003）

— Museum description: The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Folding Screen of Arrival of the Nambanjin (Western People)（南蛮人渡来図屏風）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-175747. The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/folding-screen-of-arrival-of-the-nambanjin-western-people/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Painting
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Material: color on paper with gold foil
  • Quantity: pair of six folding screens
  • 員数: 6曲1双
  • 分類: 絵画
  • 品質形状: 紙本金地着色
  • 法量: 各151.8×334.2

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