Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Japanese (culture or style)
8. Japanese styles (styles)
9. Japanese painting styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the style of art connected with European missionaries and merchants in Japan during the 16th and 17th century, including Japanese artists painting in a Western style, European imported art, and traditonal Japanese art depicting Europeans. Taught by Jesuit priest Giovanni Niccolo in 1583, artists produced works in a traditional Western style, often religious in theme. Namban motifs include Western peoples, ships and rosaries and crosses, found on folding screens, flasks, and lacquer ware.