Direção-Geral do Património Cultural

Adaptation
Faience
16th century

Adaptation in a faience lidded box of details from a "Namban" screen.
With the portuguese arrival to Japan, in 1543, a comercial and cultural exchange begun, pictured in the so-called "Nambam screens": the curiosity and the festive atmosphere by the arrival of the Namban Jin's black boat  (south barbarians, name by which the portuguese were known)

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Also available Square plate Namban - courship

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