<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Namban</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31406356</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:49:12</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">art, namban</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">art, southern barbarian</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">barbarian art, southern</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">namban art</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">southern barbarian art</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></dc:description></metadata>