page_title: Nanban art
hierarchical_section_title: Nanban art
caption_attribution_description: 泰西王侯騎馬図屏風
context_page_description: Nanban art refers to Japanese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced by contact with the Nanban or 'Southern barbarians', traders and missionaries from Europe and specifically from Portugal. It is a Sino-Japanese word, Chinese Nánmán, originally referring to the peoples of South Asia and Southeast Asia. During the Nanban trade period, the word took on a new meaning when it came to designate the Portuguese, who first arrived in 1543, and later other Europeans. The term also refers to paintings which Europeans brought to Japan.
context_section_description: Nanban art (南蛮美術) refers to Japanese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced by contact with the Nanban (南蛮) or 'Southern barbarians', traders and missionaries from Europe and specifically from Portugal. It is a Sino-Japanese word, Chinese Nánmán, originally referring to the peoples of South Asia and Southeast Asia.  During the Nanban trade period, the word took on a new meaning when it came to designate the Portuguese, who first arrived in 1543, and later other Europeans. The term also refers to paintings which Europeans brought to Japan.
caption: Western Kings on Horseback byōbu of c.1611-1614, Kobe City Museum. It is a work that fuses Western themes and techniques with Japanese techniques.[2]
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