Direção-Geral do Património Cultural

Inspiration
Silver

Silver earrings, inspired by details of Namban folding screens, dating from the end of the 16th century.

The arrival of the Portuguese in Japan in 1543 gave rise to commercial and cultural exchanges that were recorded in the two pairs of screens present in this museum: the curiosity and festive atmosphere aroused by the arrival of the black ship of the namban jin (the barbarians from the south, as the Portuguese were called) in the port of Nagasaki.

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Also available: Silver Ring Namban Folding Screens