Portuguese Ship Entering Japanese Habor, 1570's Silkscreen

21.5"w x 1.5"d x 25"h

1543-1640, the beginning of the "Nanban trade" (barbarian trade)

Portuguese traders trading Chinese silk and Japanese silver.

This art piece, 1570's shows a three mast Portuguese ship arriving at the Nagasaki port.

Nanban Art featured painting and screens of large ships with European sailors and merchants.

This is an old copy of the original